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The five most dangerous liars in the land have been summoned to work together to kill the god king Joon. Under his merciless hand, the nobles flourish, while the poor and innocent are imprisoned, ruined…or sold. And now each of the five blades will come for him—from the hired hit man seeking atonement, a lovely assassin who seeks freedom, or even the prince banished for his cruel crimes. But to survive, these five killers have to find a way to trust each other…but only one can take the crown. Let the best liar win.
The duke of the powerful House Hauteclare is the first to die. With my dagger in his back—the bastard daughter who was supposed to die with her mother, on his order. Now all I have left is icy-white rage and a need to make House Hauteclare pay. Even if it means riding Heavenbreaker—one of the few enormous machines left over from the War—and jousting against nobles. Each win means another one of my enemies dies. Only I’m not alone. Because there’s something in the machine with me. And it won’t be stopped.
Thirteen years ago, monsters plunged Kierse’s world into a war of near-total destruction. The New York City she knew so well collapsed practically overnight and the Monster Treaty was created. But tonight, Kierse—a fearless thief—will break that treaty. She’ll enter the Holly Library…not knowing it’s the home of a monster. But he knows talent when he sees it; now she’s locked into a dangerous bargain with him. Together, they’ll put their own futures at risk. But he’s been playing a game across centuries—and once she joins in, there will be no escape…
The sun is dying, and the Nine Planets’ only hope of survival rests on a space station and the alien artifact it’s carrying. Now seven strangers with deadly secrets are trapped together: a princess, a prisoner, a con artist, a warrior, a priestess, a mercenary, and an asshole in charge of us all. Every faction in the galaxy is hunting this ship—we just need to stop drinking, fighting, and screwing long enough to evade them all and save the freaking universe…somehow.