Anji Kills a King
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- Pre-Order
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- Expected May 13, 2025
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
An unlikely assassin struggles to escape a legendary bounty hunter in this breakneck fantasy debut that will grab you by the throat—perfect for fans of Joe Abercrombie, R.F. Kuang, and Christopher Buehlman.
She killed for a cause. Will she die for it too?
Anji works as a castle servant, cleaning laundry for a king she hates. So when a rare opportunity presents itself, she seizes the chance to cut his throat. Then she runs for her life. In her wake, the kingdom is thrown into disarray, while a bounty bigger than anyone could imagine lands on her head.
On her heels are the fabled mercenaries of the Menagerie, whose animal-shaped masks are magical relics rumored to give them superhuman powers. It’s the Hawk who finds Anji first: a surly, aging swordswoman who has her own reasons for keeping Anji alive and out of the hands of her fellow bounty hunters, if only long enough to collect the reward herself.
With the rest of the Menagerie on their trail, so begins an alliance as tenuous as it is temporary—and a race against death that will decide Anji’s fate, and may change the course of a kingdom.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Leikam's rousing epic fantasy debut and Rising Tide series launch opens on Anji, a royal servant, plunging a knife into the throat of Rolandrian, King of Yem, and the pace never eases up. Anji, who held the monarch "responsible for every horrid thing happening in the world," manages to escape the castle and the capital city, but a huge reward offered for her capture puts a target on her back. She evades capture for two harrowing days before being cornered in a dive bar by a formidable female warrior: the sword master known as the Hawk, a member of the elite group of bounty hunters in service to Rolandrian. The Hawk intends to return Anji to the capital and claim the million Rhoda for doing so, leaving Anji to be tortured and publicly executed. This goal is soon threatened by several other bounty hunters, making the women's journey to the castle suspenseful. The details of Leikam's fully imagined realm, and the meaty backstories of his two main characters, will captivate readers. It's a promising start.
