PIATKUS

First published in the United States in 2025 by Red Tower Books,

an imprint of Entangled Publishing, LLC

First published in Great Britain in 2025 by Piatkus

Copyright © 2025 by Yarros Ink, Inc

Interior art by Bree Archer

Interior World map art by Melanie Korte

Interior design by Britt Marczak

End paper art by @bethgilbert_art

The moral right of the author has been asserted.

All characters and events in this publication, other than those clearly in the public domain, are

fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

ISBN 978-0-349-44324-9

Piatkus

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Little, Brown Book Group

Carmelite House

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London EC4Y 0DZ

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