<b>In an empire built on lies, truth may be the greatest weapon. <br><br>Now in paperback, the first book of a new fantasy duology filled with forbidden magic, plenty of snark, and even more action, from Morgan Rhodes, the <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of the Falling Kingdom series.</b><br><br>Josslyn Drake knows only three things about magic: it’s rare, illegal, and always deadly.<br> <br>So when she’s caught up in a robbery gone wrong at the Queen’s Gala and infected by a dangerous piece of magic—one that allows her to step into the memories of an infamously evil warlock—she finds herself living her worst nightmare. Joss needs the magic removed before it corrupts her soul and kills her. But in Ironport, the cost of doing magic is death, and seeking help might mean scheduling her own execution. There’s nobody she can trust.<br> <br>Nobody, that is, except wanted criminal Jericho Nox, who offers her a deal: his help extracti