Master of One
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- €6.49
Publisher Description
Sinister sorcery. Gallows humor. A queer romance so glorious it could be right out of fae legend itself. Master of One is a fantasy unlike any other.
Rags the thief has never met a pocket he couldn’t pick, but when he’s captured by a sorcerer with world-ending plans, he realizes even he is in over his head. Forced to use his finely honed skills to nab pieces of an ancient fae relic, Rags is stunned to discover that those “relics” just happen to be people:
A distractingly handsome Fae prince,
A too-honorable Queensguard deserter,
A scrappy daughter of a disgraced noble family,
A deceptively sweet-natured prince,
A bona fide member of the Resistance,
And him. Rags.
They may all be captives in the sorcerer’s terrible scheme, but that won’t stop them from fighting back. And, sure, six unexpected allies against one wicked enemy doesn’t make for generous odds, but lucky for him, Rag’s not generous—he’s smart. And he has a plan that just might get them out of this alive.
With the heist and intrigue of Six of Crows and the dark fairy tale feel of The Cruel Prince, this young adult fantasy debut will have readers rooting for a pair of reluctant heroes as they take on a world-ending fae prophecy, a malicious royal plot, and, most dangerously of all, their feelings for each other.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Classic YA fantasy tropes break into a fast-paced fantasy revolution whose heart, grit, and consequences are more than the sum of its parts. When 16-year-old thief Rags is caught stealing, royal sorcerer Morien gives him an offer he can't refuse: either die or search a trap-studded ruin in the eerie Lost-Lands, once home to the extinct black-boned fae. Rags finds glass-entombed and charmingly literal fae prince Shining Talon and mechanized lizard One, the first sentient fragment of an overwhelmingly powerful weapon that humanity twisted against its own fae makers. Compelled to locate the weapon's other fragments and the human masters who can wield them and help Morien's autocratic, deathless Queen crush a struggling Resistance characters including a fae, a common thief, a defector, a banished noble scion, and a disabled prince with a "withered side" must decide whose side they're on. Jones and Bennett (the Volstovic Cycle, for adults) overcome a misleadingly simplistic opening act to deliver a smart, stakes-loaded LGBTQ fantasy well worth sticking with, for fans of Six of Crows and Megan Whalen Turner. Ages 13 up.
