M.A. Carrick, THE MASK OF MIRRORS author
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I\\u2019m joined in this episode by\\xa0THE MASK OF MIRRORS\\xa0author\\xa0M.A. Carrick, which is a pseudonym for the co-writing team of\\xa0Marie Brennan\\xa0and\\xa0Alyc Helms.
The first book in the\\xa0ROSE & ROOK\\xa0fantasy trilogy, THE MASK OF MIRRORS follows Ren, a girl who forcibly escapes the slums of Nadezra to save herself and her sister from life in an abusive gang. She later returns to Nadezra, though, under a new identity, and with a new goal: Con her way into the most vulnerable noble house and amass her own personal fortune.
But Ren soon learns that her marks are playing plenty of games of their own. Some may win her affection, while others weave layers of deceit. Figuring out who to trust becomes crucial as Ren finds herself caught up in aristocratic feuds and social upheaval, between virtuous lawmen and charming crime lords, and in the company of a mysterious vigilante. All while nightmarish magical corruption threatens this, the city of dreams, and all of Ren\\u2019s carefully laid plans.
It will take all her talents and cunning to ward off destruction\\u2014because, in Nedezra, fortune favors the bold, but magic favors the liars.
THE MASK OF MIRRORS\\xa0is an intricate fantasy novel, published by Orbit Books and available now:
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About M.A. Carrick
M.A. Carrick is the joint pen name of Marie Brennan (author of\\xa0the Memoirs of Lady Trent) and Alyc Helms (author of\\xa0the Adventures of Mr. Mystic). The two met in 2000 on an archaeological dig in Wales and Ireland \\u2014 including a stint in the town of Carrickmacross \\u2014 and have built their friendship through two decades of anthropology, writing, and gaming. They live in the San Francisco Bay Area.