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Echoes and Empires

By: Morgan Rhodes
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
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Publisher's summary

From the New York Times best-selling author of the Falling Kingdoms series comes the first book in a brand-new duology about forbidden magic and dangerous secrets, for fans of Victoria Aveyard and Margaret Rogerson.

Josslyn Drake knows only three things about magic: It’s rare, illegal, and always deadly.

So when she’s caught up in a robbery gone wrong at the Queen’s Gala and infected by a dangerous piece of magic - one that allows her to step into the memories of an infamously evil warlock - she finds herself living her worst nightmare. Joss needs the magic removed before it corrupts her soul and kills her. But in Ironport, the cost of doing magic is death, and seeking help mightmean scheduling her own execution. There’s nobody she can trust.

Nobody, that is, except wanted criminal Jericho Nox, who offers her a deal: his help extracting the magic in exchange for the magic itself. And though she’s not thrilled to be working with a thief, especially one as infuriating (and infuriatingly handsome) as Jericho, Joss is desperate enough to accept.

But Jericho is nothing like Joss expects. The closer she grows to Jericho and the more she sees of the world outside her pampered life in the city, the more Joss begins to question the beliefs she’s always taken for granted - beliefs about right and wrong, about power and magic, and even about herself.

In an empire built on lies, the truth may be her greatest weapon.

©2022 Morgan Rhodes (P)2022 Listening Library
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Critic reviews

MYRCA Northern Lights Award Winner for best YA

★ “Unexpected twists and turns coupled with an exciting plot keep this novel moving quickly. Deep character development coupled with the crafting of complex, interesting relationships will keep readers yearning for more.” School Library Journal, starred review

“The rapid-paced plot features an intriguing romance, fueled by generous doses of amusingly antagonistic dialogue…[and] a straightforward and compelling first-person prose style.” Publisher's Weekly

“The witty banter and the enemies-to-lovers dynamic between Josslyn and Jericho are undeniably charming. Magic, romance, and politics combine in an oh-so-fun, fast-paced fantasy.” Kirkus Reviews

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