NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH
"This stunning tale of betrayal, trickery, and friendship takes the
reader on a wild ride." --School Library Journal
Ocean's Eleven meets The False Prince in this thrilling heist story
for young readers, in which five kids with unusual talents are brought
together to commit an impossible crime. Failure is unacceptable ... but
success could be deadly.
From the bestselling author of the Blackthorn Key series, this
magic-infused fantasy brings together a ragtag group of kids to pull off
a crime so difficult, countless adults have already tried and failed.
Lured by the promise of more money than they've ever dreamed of, five
young criminals are hired to steal a heavily guarded treasure from the
most powerful sorcerer in the city. There's Callan the con artist,
Meriel the expert at acrobatics (and knives!), Gareth the researcher,
Lachlan, who can obtain anything, and Foxtail, whose mysterious eyeless
mask doesn't hinder her ability to climb walls like a spider. Though
their shadowy backgrounds mean that they've never trusted anyone but
themselves, the five must learn to rely on each other in order to get
the job done.
But as Callan has been warned most of his life, it's best to stay away
from magic. It can turn on you at any moment and make you think you're
the one running the con game, when in reality you're the one being
fooled. Faced with these unsurmountable odds, can the friends pull off
this legendary heist, or has their luck finally run out?
