Spellbreaker (Spellbreaker, 1)

ISBN: 1542020093

Author: Holmberg, Charlie N.

Condition: New

A world of enchanted injustice needs a disenchanting woman in an all-new fantasy series by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Paper Magician.The orphaned Elsie Camden learned as a girl that there were two kinds of wizards in the world: those who pay for the power to cast spells and those, like her, born with the ability to break them. But as an unlicensed magic user, her gift is a crime. Commissioned by an underground group known as the Cowls, Elsie uses her spellbreaking to push back against the aristocrats and help the common man. She always did love the tale of Robin Hood.Elite magic user Bacchus Kelsey is one elusive spell away from his mastership when he catches Elsie breaking an enchantment. To protect her secret, Elsie strikes a bargain. Shell help Bacchus fix unruly spells around his estate if he doesnt turn her in. Working together, Elsies trust in-and fondness for-the handsome stranger grows. So does her trepidation about the rise in the murders of wizards and the theft of the spellbooks their bodies leave behind.For a rogue spellbreaker like Elsie, theres so much to learn about her powers, her family, the intriguing Bacchus, and the untold dangers shadowing every step of a journey shes destined to complete. But will she uncover the mystery before its too late to save everything she loves?