The Familiar
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo is a large print edition published by Gale, a Cengage Group, on April 10, 2024. This novel is set in the Spanish Golden Age and follows Luzia Cotado, a scullion who uses her modest magical abilities to navigate a life of hardship. When her mistress discovers her talent for small miracles, Luzia is thrust into a world where her gifts can elevate her family’s social standing, but this newfound attention brings unforeseen peril, especially from Antonio Pérez, the disgraced secretary to the king.
Readers will find a narrative that intertwines elements of fantasy and historical fiction, exploring themes of magic, social ambition, and survival against the backdrop of a tumultuous period. As Luzia becomes embroiled in a dangerous game involving seers, alchemists, and the looming threat of the Inquisition, she must rely on her cunning and the assistance of Guillén Santángel, an immortal familiar with his own hidden agendas. This edition spans 620 pages and is presented in English, offering an immersive experience into a richly detailed world where the boundaries of magic and reality blur.
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Leigh Bardugo comes a spellbinding novel set in the Spanish Golden Age.
In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil as a scullion. But when her scheming mistress discovers the lump of a servant cowering in the kitchen is actually hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to better the family’s social position.
What begins as simple amusement for the nobility takes a perilous turn when Luzia garners the notice of Antonio Pérez, the disgraced secretary to Spain’s king. Still reeling from the defeat of his armada, the king is desperate for any advantage in the war against England’s heretic queen–and Pérez will stop at nothing to regain the king’s favor.
Determined to seize this one chance to better her fortunes, Luzia plunges into a world of seers and alchemists, holy men and hucksters, where the lines between magic, science, and fraud are never certain. But as her notoriety grows, so does the danger that her Jewish blood will doom her to the Inquisition’s wrath. She will have to use every bit of her wit and will to survive–even if that means enlisting the help of Guillén Santángel, an embittered immortal familiar whose own secrets could prove deadly for them both.
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