Sword Catcher

Discover the magical Sunday Times bestseller from the author of The Shadowhunter Chronicles

De: Cassandra Clare

Narrado por: Christian Coulson, Fiona Hardingham

‘Everything I look for in fantasy’ – George R. R. Martin

Two outcasts find themselves caught in a web of dangerous magic and dark secrets that could change the world forever . . .

From the author of the Shadowhunter Chronicles, Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare is start of a riveting epic fantasy series with expert worldbuilding, political intrigue and swordplay

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One was raised to rule. One was trained to die . . .

In the vibrant city-state of Castellane, Kel is an orphan, stolen from his old impoverished life to become Prince Conor Aurelian’s body-double. As his ‘Sword Catcher’, he and Conor will become as close as brothers. Yet Kel lives for one purpose: to die for Conor.

Lin Caster is an Ashkar physician, part of a community ostracized for its rare magical abilities. After a failed assassination attempt pulls her and Kel together, they are drawn into the web of the mysterious Ragpicker King, who rules Castellane’s criminal underworld. But as long-kept secrets are uncovered and forbidden attractions blossom, will their discoveries plunge their land into war – and nations into chaos?

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‘Spellbinding’ – Leigh Bardugo, Sunday Times bestselling author of Ninth House

‘A triumph of a book’ – Holly Black, No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Book of Night

‘Vivid and clever’ – Scott Lynch, bestselling author of the Gentleman Bastard sequence

Sword Catcher was a top ten Sunday Times bestseller w/c 5th October 2024.

Reseñas de la Crítica

<b>Sword Catcher gave me everything I look for in medieval fantasy: </b>mystery and magic (not too much, not too little), expert worldbuilding, swordplay and politics, a colorful cast of interesting characters, and a story that kept me reading from the first page to the last, with enough twists and turns to keep me turning the pages. It&#39;s a big thick book, but it left me wanting more. <b>When&#39;s the next one coming out?</b> (No. 1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin)

<b>A gorgeously built world of decadence, betrayal, and grand adventure.</b> From the decadent and drunken parties of the nobles, to the dens of crime lords in the Warren and Maze, to the Sault, where the devotees of a lost goddess are penned, the city of Castellane makes the perfect backdrop for a delightful cast of characters to befriend, betray, and romance one another. <b>This is Cassandra Clare at her cleverest, twistiest and most heart-stopping&mdash;a triumph of a book</b> (Holly Black, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Night)

Clare plunges us into <b>a thrilling world built with precision and brimming with enchantment.</b> Her spellbinding cast of outlaws, healers, royals, and rogues will have you questioning your allegiances with every delicious turn of the plot. <b>This is fantasy at its finest</b> (Leigh Bardugo, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Hell Bent)

<b>A sumptuous feast of a book, vivid and delicious and heady.</b> Cassandra Clare&rsquo;s trademark skills are on full display here: <b>epic worlds, wrenching romances, heart-slamming plot twists, Dickensian characters.</b> I can&rsquo;t wait to visit Castellane again (Kelly Link, bestselling author of White Cat, Black Dog)

<b>Sweeping yet intimate, rich with romance and intrigue, Sword Catcher is Cassandra Clare at her magical best. </b>In pages packed with sumptuous descriptions, Clare gives us a kingdom&rsquo;s worth of characters&mdash;including Kel the &lsquo;sword catcher,&rsquo; trained to protect his prince at all costs, and Lin, a young physician of an outcast people&mdash;forced to navigate a web of tangled loyalties between the loved ones they cherish and the powers they serve.<b> This book will break your heart and leave you wanting more!</b> (Helene Wecker, New York Times bestselling author of The Golem and the Jinni)

<b>A charming return to the big fat fantasy novels of happy memory,</b> with a modern character-driven narrative. <b>Vivid and clever</b> (Scott Lynch, bestselling author of the Gentleman Bastard sequence)

Excited for the next book!

Great narration.

Love that Claire spent time on building a plot, portraying the characters and the city they live in. So many other fantasy series I feel is just speedily written to make a profit, not to create something or tell a good story.

Book ended just as things got really interesting. Can’t wait until the next book!

I can’t wait for the next book

I picked this book on an impulse and I definitely don’t regret it. I’m very excited for the next book on the series