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DISCOVER THE CULT HIT THAT BECAME A WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON

The Dregs Edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller Crooked Kingdom, sequel to Six of Crows, features new cover art, black stained edges, and updated maps.

When you can’t beat the odds, change the game.

Kaz Brekker and his crew have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn’t think they’d survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they’re right back to fighting for their lives. Double-crossed and badly weakened, the crew is low on resources, allies, and hope. As powerful forces from around the world descend on Ketterdam to root out the secrets of the dangerous drug known as jurda parem, old rivals and new enemies emerge to challenge Kaz’s cunning and test the team’s fragile loyalties. A war will be waged on the city’s dark and twisting streets--a battle for revenge and redemption that will decide the fate of the world as they know it.

＂Dark, larcenous fun.＂ --NPR

＂Bardugo outdoes herself in this exhilarating follow-up...fans will have their eyes glued to every page.＂ --Booklist, starred review

＂Un-put-down-able excitement from beginning to end.＂ --Kirkus Reviews, starred review

LEIGH BARDUGO is the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Familiar and the Ninth House series, and the creator of the Grishaverse, which spans the Shadow and Bone trilogy (now a Netflix series), the Six of Crows duology, the King of Scars duology--and much more. Her short fiction has appeared in multiple anthologies, including The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy. She lives in Los Angeles and is an associate fellow of Pauli Murray College at Yale University.

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