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DEFY THE NIGHT

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October 2021

RELEASED 14 SEPTEMBER

- Miriam McDonald

DEFY THE NIGHT

496 pages | Paperback/ebook

Author Brigid Kemmerer

Publisher Bloomsbury YA

The path of true love may not run smoothly, but sometimes it really does run stupidly.

In a kingdom riven by disease, young King Harristan and his brother Prince Corrick, who holds the position of King’s Justice, are maintaining a grip on power by giving an impression of ruthlessness. At the lowest level of society, apothecary Tessa and her friend Wes steal ingredients for the cure to the fever from the rich, to give to the poor.

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