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  67. BY ANDREA STEWART
  68. Praise for Andrea Stewart

She glanced over her shoulder at the looming city. They were close enough now that she could make out people on the docks waving at the ship. She turned and made her way toward the bow for a better view. Behind her, the guard was still talking.

“What a shame she disappeared! I would have liked to see this legendary merchant.”

Rasul sighed. “She had a sharp tongue, to be sure, but what a rare gem she was. Had she not disappeared last night, I would have convinced her to have dinner with me in Madinne. Can you imagine it? Having the Midnight Merchant on your arm?”

Loulie thought again of how relieved she was to have slipped out of her merchant’s clothing and rubbed the kohl from her eyes this morning. For if the formerly one-eyed merchant had invited her to dinner with the intention of flaunting her, she would have punched him.

“So.” Qadir spoke in her ear. “The sultan is looking for a relic. Do you think we can find the magic before he sends his hounds to track it?”

Loulie paused at the ship’s bow and stared wordlessly up at the city. She stretched out her arms, allowing the wind to push and pull at her sleeves. Qadir had the sense to stop talking. Later, they would speak of relics and gold and magic. But for now, all of it disappeared from her mind. The world folded into a single, simple truth.

She was home.

BY ANDREA STEWART

THE DROWNING EMPIRE

The Bone Shard Daughter

The Bone Shard Emperor

The Bone Shard War

Praise for Andrea Stewart

The Bone Shard Daughter

“[A] richly told, emotional, action-laced debut.… Readers will finish this eager for the follow-up.”

—Library Journal (starred review)

“The Bone Shard Daughter… deserves as much attention as it can get.”

—Locus

“Stewart’s debut is sharp and compelling. It will hook readers in and make them fiercely anticipate the rest of the series.”

—Booklist

“[An] action-packed, must-read epic fantasy.… One of the best debut fantasy novels of the year.”

—BuzzFeed News

“Andrea Stewart’s The Bone Shard Daughter is not just an amazing start to a new trilogy. It’s likely the best fantasy novel you’ll read this year.”

—Culturess

“Original and intricately written.”

—Ms.

“The Bone Shard Daughter is one of the best fantasy novels I’ve read in a long time. With stunningly intricate worldbuilding that leaps off the page and characters who are so vibrant that you wish they were real, it grabs you by the heart and the throat from the first pages and doesn’t let go until long after it’s over. This book is truly special.”

—Sarah J. Maas, New York Times bestselling author

“Epic fantasy at its most human and heartfelt, concerned with the real lives caught in the gears of empire and rebellion. Inventive, adventurous, and wonderfully written.”

—Alix E. Harrow, author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January