A failed mage learns that just because he's not the chosen one it doesn't mean he can't be a hero in the fourth book of an exciting adventure fantasy series from Sebastien de Castell.
For an outlaw spellslinger, the only way to survive is to hide.
Kellen's curse is growing stronger, promising a future of madness and murder. And now that the bounty hunter sworn to kill ever last shadow black have caught his trail, he knows his days are numbered
Desperate, Kellen braves a barren desert to find a mysterious order of monks rumored to posses a cure. But there are secrets darker and more dangerous than Kellen expected, and the price of his salvation may be more than he's willing to pay.
Spellslinger Series
Spellslinger
Shadowblack
Charmcaster
Soulbinder
For more from Sebastien de Castell, check out:
The Greatcoats Quartet
Traitor's Blade
Saint's Blood
Knight's Shadow
Tyrant's Throne
Sebastien de Castell is the author of the acclaimed swashbuckling fantasy series, The Greatcoats and the Carnegie Medal-nominated
Spellslinger. His debut novel,
Traitor's Blade, was shortlisted for both the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Fantasy and the Gemmell Morningstar Award, the Prix Imaginales for Best Foreign Work, and the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. He spends his time writing, travelling, and going on adventures. Visit him at www.decastell.com Told with the conviction of Ursula Le Guin and the dash of Alexandre Dumas
New Statesman(UK) onSpellslingerSpellslingeris the start of something truly special. Sebastien de Castell is a master of breakneck pacing, dagger-sharp dialoguelc
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