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The Ancient’s Game

By: Loni Crittenden
Narrated by: Angel Pean
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Publisher's Summary

The Ancient’s Game is a thrilling YA fantasy where one young woman must compete against the nation’s elite for a coveted apprenticeship.

Sixteen-year-old Kellan DuCuivre is the descendant of traitors and like all Du orphaned after the war, Kellan is forbidden by law from practicing makecraft, the trade of carving magic into metal. No one can know that Kellan has been using makecraft in secret and that, in the wake of a tragic miscarve, she’s been helping her adopted father Edgar run his celebrated makeshop.

Kellan is thrust into the Guild’s twisted web of political intrigue and ancient secrets when she strikes a dangerous deal with one of its members to save Edgar and his shop. Now, Kellan must compete in a rigorous gauntlet against the nation’s elite for a coveted spot as a maker’s apprentice.

Amidst a crumbling city and a ticking clock, winning the gauntlet won’t just be a test of survival—it will mean pulling back the veil of secrets behind the Guild and uncovering the shrouded legacies of Nanseau itself.

But danger lurks at every corner.

©2024 Loni Crittenden (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers

Critic Reviews

'Brilliantly inventive. The Ancient’s Game is the perfect combination of a transfixing world and the beguiling intrigue within'

Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights

'The Ancient's Game is a gorgeously written adventure about one girl's determination to carve her place in the world and protect her family—and the love she finds along the way. Kellan's fractured world is fresh and unforgettable, and her gang of humans and automatons are poised to be your new favorite found family'

Kamilah Cole, indie bestselling author of So Let Them Burn

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