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The Shape of Monsters

by Tessa Gratton

A broken divine prison, a city of monsters, and a world at risk

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    Tessa Gratton, New York Times bestselling author

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A broken divine prison, a city of monsters, and a world at risk

In the second volume of the Moon Heresies trilogy, Iriset’s release of the Moon-Eater god has left her facing consequences in a city where human architecture itself is a form of heretical magic. Her only trusted companion there is Lyric, the emperor she has both deceived and loved. As kings and gods push the pair in opposing directions, their effort to find a way home becomes bound up with the possibility of remaking the world—and the danger of destroying it. The book brings political intrigue, divine forces, and magical architecture together in a fantasy conflict shaped by the complicated bond between its two central figures.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers continuing the Moon Heresies trilogy and its ongoing story of Iriset and Lyric.
  • Fantasy readers interested in gods, political scheming, and a world where architecture is magical.
  • Readers who enjoy stories centered on a fraught connection between an outlaw and an emperor.

Themes

Consequences of powerHeretical magic and architectureLove, deception, and trustDivine and political conflict

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Book overview

A talented heretic and the emperor she both loathes and loves will learn what monsters are really made of in the second installment of the Moon Heresies trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Tessa Gratton.

Iriset--prodigy, outlaw, now sunderer--has broken the Moon-Eater god's prison at the heart of the empire. But the consequences of her actions land her in a city of monsters where the heretical magic of human architecture is freely practiced, and the only person she knows--and can trust--is Lyric, the emperor she's lied to and loved in equal measure.

As scheming kings and capricious gods drive them towards different extremes, they soon realize that to find their way home, they must remake the world ... at the risk of breaking it forever.

Praise for the Moon Heresies trilogy:

"A beautiful, elegant, passionate novel. A triumph and a delight from start to finish." --Antonia Hodgson, author of The Raven Scholar

"Laced with a vivid sensuality." --Jacqueline Carey, author of Kushiel's Dart

"A lush story of dangerous intrigue in an intricate and utterly unique world." --C. S. Pacat, author of Captive Prince

"Sensual and suspenseful." --Publishers Weekly
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