тАЬA charming and mannered fantasy confection with a darker core of gothic romanceтАЭ is how New York Times bestselling author Robin Hobb described Galen BeckettтАЩs marvelous series opener, The Magicians and Mrs. Quent. Now Beckett returns to this world of dazzling magick and refined manners, where one extraordinary womanтАЩs choice will put the fate of a nationтАФand all she cherishesтАФinto precarious balance.
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Her courage saved the country of Altania and earned the love of a hero of the realm. Now sensible Ivy Quent wants only to turn her fatherтАЩs sprawling, mysterious house into a proper home. But soon she is swept into fashionable societyтАЩs highest circles of powerтАФa world that is vital to her familyтАЩs future but replete with perilous temptations.
Yet far greater danger lies beyond the cityтАЩs glittering ballroomsтАФand Ivy must race to unlock the secrets that lie within the old house on Durrow Street before outlaw magicians and an ancient ravening force plunge Altania into darkness forever.
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