Keralie Corrington is a talented pickpocket in the kingdom of Quadara. She steals under the guidance of her mentor Mackiel, who runs a black market selling their bounty to buyers desperate for what they can’t get in their own quadrant. For Quadara is a nation divided into four regions, each strictly separated from the other. Toria, the intellectual quadrant values education and ambition. Ludia, the pleasure quadrant values celebration and passion. Archia, the agricultural quadrant, values simplicity and nature. Eonia, the futurist quadrant values technology, stoicism and harmonious community. Four queens, one from each quadrant, rule as one.
When on Mackiel’s orders Keralie steals a particularly valuable item from a messenger, what seems like a routine theft goes horribly wrong. Keralie discovers she’s intercepted instructions to murder the queens. Hoping that discovering the intended recipient will reveal the culprit—valuable information that she can barter with—Keralie teams up with Varin Bollt, the messenger she stole from, to complete his delivery and uncover the would-be murderer. But with Keralie and Varin each keeping secrets—and the lives of the queens hanging in the balance—everything is at stake, and no one can be trusted.
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-Murder mysteries are always a fascinating read to me. I loved the added blend of fantasy/sci-fi elements to the story.
-Give me more stories like this!
-The characters were a bit lackluster. Keralie had an interesting story but I never felt really connected to her.
-The story jumps around through multiple perspectives.
-I think I mostly liked that.
-I did enjoy that we were there for the murders.
-Romance was kind of blah.
-Court politics! I love court politics.
-Add in the fact that there are four different courts and things start to get really interesting.
-I need more information about the different lands.
-Great twists and turns.
-I thought I knew where the story was going but even I was surprised.
Great standalone. The fascinating story beats out the blah characters.
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