Discovering she's a walking magical weapon is just the beginning of Ada's problems. Her guardian thinks she's turned traitor, and her new boss at the Inter-World Alliance has put her on goblin-catching duty. With her family's livelihoods at stake, Ada must cooperate with the Alliance despite their obvious interest in exploiting her magical talent.
Kay, meanwhile, is thrown into the middle of political turmoil on a world split between humans and centaurs, as the centaur king's murder threatens to trigger a war with their magic-wielding human neighbours. To prevent a bloodbath reaching Earth's doorstep, Kay must help Markos find the real killer -- and learn more about his own unpredictable magic in the process.
It isn't long before Ada and Kay's paths collide again as they face a conspiracy that could change the future of the Alliance…
This blend of contemporary fantasy, murder mystery, and an action-packed world-hopping adventure will appeal to fans of the alternate Londons of Ben Aaranovitch and VE Schwab, the modern magic of the Dresden Files, and the genre-blending of Genevieve Cogman’s Invisible Library series and Diana Wynne Jones’s adult novels.
Emma is the international bestselling author of the Changeling Chronicles urban fantasy series.
Emma spent her childhood creating imaginary worlds to compensate for a disappointingly average reality, so it was probably inevitable that she ended up writing fantasy novels. When she's not immersed in her own fictional universes, Emma can be found with her head in a book or wandering around the world in search of adventure.
Visit http://www.emmaladams.com/ to find out more about Emma's books.