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AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER In a dazzling new fantasy world full of whispered secrets and political intrigue the magic of women is outlawed but four girls with unusual powers have the chance to change it all

Magic is illegal in Simta but for the right price the wealthy can always partake They need only procure a visit with a Nightbird girls who can gift their rare powers with a kiss Usually a tightknit group this Seasons Nightbirds couldnt be more different Matilde the groups veteran relishes the feeling of power and freedom she thinks her Nightbird status affords but rebels against her familys growing expectation that she finally choose a suitor and pass her magic on to the next generation fiery orphan Sayer resigned to this life as a means to support herself resents each transaction and the world Matilde so reveres and novice sa fears her own magic and thinks her very existence is a sin

But when the Nightbirds find themselves at the heart of a deadly political scheme that shakes the world as they know it they must put their differences aside and band together to fend off those who would exploit them In doing so they discover their magic is more powerful than they could have ever imagined and they see the Nightbirds system for what it is a gilded cage United they are a potent force that could upend the patriarchal system that would hunt them as witches But wielding their power could cost them more than they are prepared to lose They must make a choice to remain kept birds or take control remaking the city that dared to clip their wings

Fiercely feminist and set in a thrilling intoxicating world evoking the Jazz Agefull of speakeasies with magic cocktails sharpedged duplicitous glamour and handsome rogue alchemistsNightbirds is an exciting debut fantasy that dazzles as powerful girls emerge from the shadows to determine their own fates