AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERNA richly imagined, intricate tale of magic and intrigueO DEBORAH HARKNESS, #1 bestselling author of A Discovery of WitchesNRivetingA Leigh Bardugo's characters are so three dimensional you want to reach through the pageO DIANA GABALDON, #1 bestselling author of OutlanderNA wonderful, transporting ride through historyA a deeply romantic novelO KATHERINE ARDEN, bestselling author of The Bear and The Nightingale-----FATE CAN BE CHANGED.CURSES CAN BE BROKEN.In a shabby house in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil. But when her scheming mistress discovers her scullion is hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to win over the royal court.Determined to seize this chance to better her fortunes, Luzia plunges into a world of power-hungry nobility, desperate kings, holy men and seers, where the lines between magic, science and fraud blur. With the pyres of the Inquisition burning, she must use every bit of her wit and resilience to win fame and hide the truth of her ancestry O even if that means enlisting the help of an embittered immortal familiar, whose own secrets could cost her everything.From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a bewitching novel, brimming with peril in a world where a womanOs ambition can prove deadly.-----PRAISE FOR LEIGH BARDUGO'S BOOKSNReading Bardugo is an immersive, sensual experience... One canOt help sinking into Luzia and SantngelOs world and wishing never to leaveO THE NEW YORK TIMESNA compelling, well-researched and vividly written tale of magic and desireO THE GUARDIANNThe Familiar feels distinct from similar tales ? including BardugoOs own ? because it explores a brutal and shameful real-life history... Bardugo brilliantly explores the wavy line between the supernatural and the divineO WASHINGTON POST'A pacy read with electric prose' INDEPENDENT on Six of Crows'Impossible to put down' STEPHEN KING, on Ninth House