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Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on October 1, 2012
In this concluding volume of the series, wizard, thief, and now bodyguard Han Allister longs to marry his charge Queen Raisa, but she's committed to a political marriage to save her quarreling queendom. The "jinxflingers" hate the native Demonai clans, someone is murdering wizards in the slums (and Han is th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on March 1, 2013
Alexander Gordon Smith delivers what fans have been waiting for—a grand conflict for the fate of the world and an epic confrontation with an evil mastermind—and deftly concludes one of the best YA action series of recent years. In an attention-grabbing paradigm shift, Alex again finds himself a captive, though not at the hands of Furnace. A renegade army officer captures Alex and becomes obsessed with harnessing the “nectar” that gives him inhuman powers. Meanwhil...Log In or Sign Up to Read More