Twin thieves attempt to pull off a daring heist in Stolen City, the
sophomore fantasy novel from Dauntless author Elisa A. Bonnin.
The city of Leithon is under Imperial occupation and Arian Athensor has
made it her playground.
In stealing magical artifacts for the Resistance, bounding over rooftops
to evade Imperial soldiers, and establishing herself as the darling
thief of the underground, Arian lives a life wrapped in danger and
trained towards survival. She'll steal anything for the right price, and
if she runs fast enough, she can almost escape the fact that her mother
is dead, her father is missing, and her brother, Liam, is tamping down a
wealth of power in a city that has outlawed magic.
But then the mysterious Cavar comes to town with a job for the twins: to
steal an artifact capable of ripping the souls from the living--the same
artifact that used to hang around the neck of Arian's mother. Suddenly,
her past is no longer buried under adrenaline but intimately tied to the
mission at hand, and Arian must face her guilt and pain head-on in order
to pull off the heist.
As Arian and Cavar infiltrate the strongest fortress in Leithon and Liam
joins the Resistance as their resident mage, the twins find themselves
embroiled in court politics and family secrets, and the mission becomes
more than just another artifact theft. The target is now the Imperial
rule, and Arian will go to any length necessary to steal her city back.
