
- 608 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
In this "excellent fantasy debut, with engaging world-building and a good mix between action and character" (Brandon Sanderson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Stormlight Archive series), a story of secrets, rebellion, and murder are shattering the Hollows, where magic costs memory to use, and only the son of the kingdom's despised traitor holds the truth. Michael is branded a traitor as a child because of the murder of the king's nine-year-old son, by his father David Kingman. Ten years later on Michael lives a hardscrabble life, with his sister Gwen, performing crimes with his friends against minor royals in a weak attempt at striking back at the world that rejects him and his family.In a world where memory is the coin that pays for magic, Michael knows something is there in the hot white emptiness of his mind. So when the opportunity arrives to get folded back into court, via the most politically dangerous member of the kingdom's royal council, Michael takes it, desperate to find a way back to his past. He discovers a royal family that is spiraling into a self-serving dictatorship as gun-wielding rebels clash magically trained militia.What the truth holds is a set of shocking revelations that will completely change the Hollows, if Michael and his friends and family can survive long enough to see it. In a "symphony of loyalty, greed, family, and betrayal" (Tamora Pierce, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Tempests and Slaughter ) this spellbinding novel "creates a solid foundation for (hopefully) a much longer narrative to come" ( Kirkus Reviews ).
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Prologue: The Trial of Michael Kingman
- Chapter 1: An Audience
- Chapter 2: The Woman in the Asylum
- Chapter 3: The Hanged
- Chapter 4: The Visionary on the Wall
- Chapter 5: The Living Lantern
- Chapter 6: The Chained Executioner
- Chapter 7: Family
- Chapter 8: Nobody
- Chapter 9: The Forgotten Boy
- Chapter 10: The Regretful Man
- Chapter 11: The Man Who Came Through the Window
- Chapter 12: Extended Family
- Chapter 13: The Fabricator and the Historian
- Chapter 14: The Extinguished
- Chapter 15: The Corrupt Prince
- Chapter 16: The Reclaimer
- Chapter 17: The Boy and the Wolf
- Chapter 18: A Gambler and His Folly
- Chapter 19: A Foster Father
- Chapter 20: The Raven
- Chapter 21: The King of Stories
- Chapter 22: The Hunters
- Chapter 23: The Sacrifices
- Chapter 24: She Who Would be Queen
- Chapter 25: The Man Without His Memories
- Chapter 26: The Mercenary
- Chapter 27: The Mercenary’s Apprentice
- Chapter 28: The Redeemer
- Chapter 29: Musicians
- Chapter 30: Those Who Remain
- Chapter 31: Rock
- Chapter 32: Tinder
- Chapter 33: Spark
- Chapter 34: Embers
- Chapter 35: Ashes
- Chapter 36: Nobility
- Chapter 37: Goodhearted
- Chapter 38: Exposure
- Chapter 39: Lawful
- Chapter 40: Ovation
- Chapter 41: Standstill
- Chapter 42: Lunacy
- Chapter 43: Yearning
- Chapter 44: Impasse
- Chapter 45: Nuances
- Chapter 46: Gone
- Chapter 47: Kingmaker
- Chapter 48
- Chapter 49: The Last Act of Michael Kingman
- Chapter 50: The Last Testimony of Michael Kingman
- Chapter 51: The Life and Death of Michael Kingman
- Chapter 52: The Execution of Michael Kingman
- Chapter 53: The Legacy of Michael Kingman
- Epilogue: Dawn of a New Day
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Copyright