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The Gilded Blade

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

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A final game built on old secrets

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A final game built on old secrets

The Gilded Blade closes the Grandest Game series within the wider Inheritance Games Saga, bringing the Hawthorne family, game participants, and their allies into a web of centuries-old secrets. The action spans Texas, Prague, London, and beyond, with puzzles and clues connecting the cast to mysteries that have been building across the saga. Money, romance, power, and revenge are all in play, while the description signals that answers carry consequences. Its central draw is the convergence of the series’ players and long-running mysteries in a concluding installment.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in mystery fiction.
  • Readers following the Inheritance Games Saga and Grandest Game spinoff.
  • Readers who enjoy stories involving puzzles, secrets, and high-stakes competition.

Themes

Mystery and puzzlesFamily secretsCompetition and riskRomance, power, and revenge

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Book overview

In the stunning finale to the global phenomenon of the Inheritance Games Saga (over 9 million copies sold!), discover danger, riches, romance--and the staggering answers to long-brewing mysteries.

Everyone is a player.

In the grandest of games, there is everything to win--money, love, power, revenge--and even more to lose. From Texas to Prague to London and beyond, the Hawthorne family, the players from the Grandest Game, and allies old and new are drawn into a web of centuries-old secrets and mind-bending puzzles. Every clue pulls them deeper; every answer demands a price.

To survive, they must unravel the mysteries that bind them together...but some truths are deadly.

Discover danger, riches, romance--and the long-awaited revelations at the heart of Jennifer Lynn Barnes's most intricate and explosive puzzle yet.

All games must come to an end.

Don't miss a moment of The Inheritance Games Saga, including the thrilling Grandest Game spinoff series, set in the world of the Inheritance Games:

  • The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games #1)
  • The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games #2)
  • The Final Gambit (The Inheritance Games #3)
  • The Brothers Hawthorne (The Inheritance Games #4)
  • Games Untold
  • The Grandest Game (The Grandest Game #1)
  • Glorious Rivals (The Grandest Game #2)
  • The Gilded Blade (The Grandest Game #3)
  • The Same Backward as Forward

For more unputdownable reads from Jennifer Lynn Barnes, don't miss the killer The Naturals series, and The Debutantes duet.
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