

Royal bastard Josse de Bourbon is more kitchen boy than fils de France. Mira tries to ease her guilt by brewing helpful curatives, but her hunger tonics and headache remedies cannot right past wrongs or save the dissenters her mother vows to purge.

“The only cure is to finish it.” – Lyndsay Ely, author of Gunslinger GirlĪfter unwittingly helping her mother poison King Louis XIV, seventeen-year-old alchemist Mirabelle Monvoisin is forced to see her mother’s Shadow Society in a horrifying new light: they’re not heroes of the people, as they’ve always claimed to be, but murderers. “Thrilling, romantic, and addictive.” – Rosalyn Eves, author of Blood Rose Rebellion “The perfect blend of history and dark fantasy.” – Mary Taranta, author of Shimmer and Burn “Fast-paced and refreshing.” – SLJ, starred review No one looks kindly on the killer of a king.
