num_pages: 506
description: Times are hard in the mountain city of Fellsmarch. Reformed thief Han Alister will do almost anything to eke out a living for his family. The only thing of value he has is something he can't sellthe thick silver cuffs he's worn since birth. They're clearly magickedas he grows they grow and he's never been able to get them off.One day Han and his clan friend Dancer confront three young wizards setting fire to the sacred mountain of Hanalea. Han takes an amulet from Micah Bayar son of the High Wizard to keep him from using it against them. Soon Han learns that the amulet has an evil historyit once belonged to the Demon King the wizard who nearly destroyed the world a millennium ago. With a magical piece that powerful at stake Han knows that the Bayars will stop at nothing to get it back.Meanwhile Raisa ana'Marianna princess heir of the Fells has her own battles to fight. She's just returned to court after three years of freedom in the mountainsriding hunting and working the famous clan markets. Raisa wants to be more than an ornament in a glittering cage. She aspires to be like Hanaleathe legendary warrior queen who killed the Demon King and saved the world. But her mother has other plans for her...The Seven Realms tremble when the lives of Hans and Raisa collide fanning the flames of the smoldering war between clans and wizards.
language: English
title: The Demon King
publisher: Hyperion Books