Silvercloak
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- ¥2,000
Publisher Description
In this addictive new fantasy series set in a world where magic is fueled by pleasure and pain, an obsessive detective infiltrates a brutal gang of dark mages—knowing that one wrong move will get her killed. . . .
“A dazzling (and frequently sizzling) new fantasy.” —Kiersten White, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lucy Undying
Two decades ago, the Bloodmoons ruthlessly murdered Saffron Killoran’s parents, destroying her idyllic childhood. Hell-bent on revenge, she lies her way into Silvercloak Academy—the training ground for her city’s elite order of detectives—with a single goal: to bring the Bloodmoons to justice.
But when Saff’s deception is exposed, rather than being cast out, she’s given a rare opportunity: to go undercover and tear the Bloodmoons down from the inside.
Descending into a world where pleasure and pain are the most powerful currencies, Saff must commit some truly heinous deeds to keep her cover—and her life. Not only are there rival gangs and sinister smuggling rings to contend with, but there’s also her growing feelings for the kingpin’s tortured son, with his vicious pet fallowwolf, his dark past, and the curious prophecy foretelling his death at Saffron’s hand.
With each day testing her loyalties further, Saff finds her web of lies becoming harder to spin. And when one false step could destroy everything and everyone she’s ever loved . . . the detective who’s dedicated her life to vengeance just might die for it.
Book One of the Silvercloak Saga
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
YA fantasy author Steven (The Society for Soulless Girls) takes an adult turn with this competent romantasy. Orphaned as a young girl, Saffron Killoran dedicates her life to bringing down her parents' killers, the Bloodmoon Gang. About to graduate from the Silvercloak Academy of magic-wielding law enforcers, she is offered an undercover assignment to infiltrate the Bloodmoons, an opportunity that accords with her strange prophetic vision of kissing and killing the mob boss's son, Levan. The deeper she enmeshes herself with this crime family, however, the more conflicted she becomes by her growing attachment to Levan and her estrangement from her former colleagues. She also discovers her talent for a forbidden branch of timeweaving magic, leading her to question if her vision is foreordained or escapable. Steven takes her time in developing the romance, with family connections and secrets coming to light along the way. Though this pulls focus away from the police work, leaving Saffron's investigation stuttering along uncertainly, readers who come for the enemies-to-lovers arc will be rewarded with some lightly kinky sex scenes and plenty of angst. Steven should win a whole new set of fans.
