Dagger and the flameIn the dark underbelly of a beautiful city, two rival assassins are pitted against each other in a deadly game of revenge, where the most dangerous mistake of all is falling in love In Fantome, a kingdom of cobbled streets, flickering lamplight, beautiful buildings, and secret catacombs, Shade magic is a scarce and deadly commodity controlled by two enemy the Cloaks and the Daggers the thieves and the assassins. On the night of her mothers murder, 17

Brie finds herself unable to choose a side

As civil war wages in the Court of Darkness

For more than a hundred years humans

and she also falls under the spell of mysterious Ellion

she enrols at the elite Mortimer University to find out what happened to her perfect

But she never expects the Scarred Prince

despite the need to control the increasingly dangerous weather

but as they grow closer

Celeste is one of only a hundred remaining humans on Earth

The capricious spirits that rule the isle by fire

You can't see them

Yet it’s not only the world at stake