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The Familiar

Leigh Bardugo

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In a historical Spain shadowed by the Inquisition, a servant named Luzia conceals a talent for small miracles. When her mistress discovers the ability, she presses Luzia to use it to raise the family's standing. Drawn into a world of seers, alchemists, and frauds, Luzia attracts the attention of a disgraced royal secretary seeking to restore his position with the king amid war with England. As her fame grows, so does the threat that her Jewish ancestry will expose her to the Inquisition, and she turns to an embittered immortal familiar whose own secrets carry danger.

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