In this brilliant debut fantasy, 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 against 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.
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“An excellent fantasy debut, with engaging worldbuilding and a good mix between action and character. I thoroughly enjoyed the novel.”
— Brandon Sanderson, New York Times bestselling author
“An impressive fantasy debut that creates a solid foundation for (hopefully) a much larger narrative to come.”
— Kirkus Reviews“This smart, briskly told high fantasy entertains all the way until the unexpected end.”
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Nick Martell is the author of two novels in the Legacy of the Mercenary King fantasy series. He was born in Ontario, Canada, and moved to the United States at age seven. After graduating from high school on Long Island, he majored in creative writing at Pennysylvania’s Susquehanna University. Find him on Twitter, @macmartell, or at nickmartell.com