A Darker Shade of MagicmeetsSix of Crows, in this alternate day New York where monsters live among humankind, fromUSA Todaybestselling author K.A. Linde.

Whatare you?

Street thief Kierse should have known something wasnt right. Now shes trapped in the library of an old Brownstonewith a monster.His powers arent supposed to exist. She cant run. She cant hide. And this manthisbeing, filled with terrible power and darknessis well within his rights to kill her.

Thirteen years ago, the monsters came into the light and brutalized her world. The Monster Treaty invoked a kind of peaceone that isnt always honored. Now Kierse has broken the treaty. But instead of killing her, Graves does the unexpected: he offers her a joba glimpse into who shereallyis.

Kierse has always known shes different. That she can do things a little better, a little faster. And theres that sense she has when danger is only a breath away. But if the old tales are true, there are worse things in the world than monsters.

Like a threat more ancient than legend.

Like Graves.

Or like Kierse herself