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The Liar's Knot

core novel 2022 Rook & Rose

Record

First published2022
Original language EN
Work typenovel
Canon statuscore
Reader rating4.42 (7,698 ratings, collected 2026-08-19)
Page count629
First-edition ISBN9780316539715
Internal chronology2

Synopsis

The Liar's Knot is the second novel in the Rook & Rose trilogy, continuing directly from the first book as the con artist Ren, the masked vigilante known as the Rook, and the crime lord Derossi Vargo find themselves pushed toward working together to protect the city of Nadezra from a spreading, insidious dark magic. Their uneasy alliance is complicated by the fact that each of them is concealing important parts of their identity and their goals from the others, so that trust becomes as dangerous to extend as it is necessary for survival. As political intrigue among the city's noble houses and hidden societies deepens around them, the three have to decide how much of themselves they can risk revealing in order to counter the magical threat building beneath Nadezra's streets.

Where it sits

Notes

  • From the series record (Rook & Rose): Written under the shared pen name M.A. Carrick. A complete trilogy of intrigue fantasy set in the city of Nadezra. No award recognition could be confirmed from any primary source checked; not registered as an AWD record.

Neighbouring works

Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.

Sources

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