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Immersive involving suspenseful and intriguing with a main character youll love LEE CHILD

No1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Charlaine Harris returns to her alternate history of the United States where magic is an acknowledged but despised power in this fourth installment of the Gunnie Rose series

Felicia Lizbeth Roses younger halfsister and student at the Grigori school within the capital of the New Holy Russian Empire in San Diego is caught between secrets and powerful family struggles As a distant relative to the Tsar she provides an essential service to him by providing blood transfusions for his hemophilia and she is thus given rare access and dismissed as if cattle At the Grigori school she is seen as a charity case a poor orphan with no prospects and no sign of magical prowessthe latter which Felicia keeps purposefully hidden And yet when a kidnapping attempt is made upon Felicia her past and her future crash together in violent ways

Continuing immediately after The Russian Cage this fantastical fourth book takes a side step exploring the Holy Russian Empire while also showcasing the dynamic depths of magic within Harriss alternate North America in curious mysteries Felicia it turns out is far more than the RussianMexican waif Lizbeth rescued and the journey of discovery she is on is filled with magical assassins and desperation but above it all is her courage to never give in to the limitations imposed upon her

Love The Walking Dead Westworld or True Blood You will ADORE this gritty and wildly entertaining tale set in a parallel reality of the United States where magic is an outlawed power

Praise for Charlaine Harris

A gripping twistyturny thrillride of a read Karin Slaughter New York Times bestselling author
Harris has a remarkable talent for world building Booklist

Will leave readers enthralled A fascinating setting and a heroine whos sure to be a new fan favourite Publishers Weekly starred review

A master of her craft dazzling Seanan McGuire NYT Bestselling author

A gritty actionfilled story with a touch of magic Anne Bishop