In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil as a scullion. But when her scheming mistress discovers the lump of a servant cowering in the kitchen is actually hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to better the familys social position.What begins as simple amusement for the bored nobility takes a perilous turn when Luzia garners the notice of Antonio Perez, the disgraced secretary to Spains king. Still reeling from the defeat of his armada, the king is desperate for any advantage in the war against Englands heretic queen-and Perez will stop at nothing to regain the kings favor.Determined to seize this one chance to better her fortunes, Luzia plunges into a world of seers and alchemists, holy men and hucksters, where the lines between magic, science, and fraud are never certain. But as her notoriety grows, so does the danger that her Jewish blood will doom her to the Inquisitions wrath. She will have to use every bit of her wit and will to survive-even if that means enlisting the help of Guillen Santangel, an embittered immortal familiar whose own secrets could prove deadly for them both.From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Ninth House, Hell Bent and creator of the Grishaverse comes a bewitching novel set in the Spanish Golden Age, brimming with peril and dark deeds.PRAISE FOR LEIGH BARDUGO BOOKSImpossible to put down - Stephen KingA pacey read with electric prose IndependentCrackling dialogue and sumptuous description. Bardugo dives deep into this world... if youre not careful, itll steal all your time New York TimesA master of fantasy The Huffington PostSultry, sweeping, picturesque USA Today
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