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Four teenagers charged with the illegal use of magic get together to devise the ultimate jailbreak. A thrilling YA fantasy novel full of twists and turns, perfect for fans of Six of Crows and Shadow and Bone.Shadows are dangerous. Edem is illegal. And liars are cowards.Ever since his mother was killed in a freak edem-based crime, seventeen-year-old Cayder Broduck has had one goal: to have illegal users of the extra-dimensional magic brought to justice. When Cayder secretly accepts an apprenticeship under the city's best public defender, he wants to learn every legal trick to dismantle defence arguments for when he becomes a prosecutor. Then he'll finally be able to make sure justice is served.But the three criminals he is to defend are teenagers, like him, and their stories are ... complicated, like his. As their cases unfold, Cayder must race to separate the truth from the lies and uncover what really happened the night his mother died.From the bestselling author of Four Dead Queens comes a heart-pounding mystery rife with secrets and danger, where nothing is as it seems...“Think Law & Order meets Six of Crows in Astrid Scholte’s new title, League of Liars – a truly refreshing take on the tried-and-true fantasy genre. This book has everything for YA Fantasy fans, including jailbreaks, secrets, dark magic, mystery & intriguing courtroom drama – a truly captivating page turner for your TBR pile! Pick up a copy of Astrid’s new novel and you won’t be disappointed by the seamless fantasy world where murder mystery and fantasy twists meet in a perfect steampunk-esque world.” Hsu, Dymocks Category Manager"League of Liars is a thrilling page-turner with enough suspense to keep readers guessing right up until the very end!" Lynette Noni"Bursting with originality and mile-a-minute action, the twists, turns and thrills kept coming!" Amie Kaufman, New York Times bestselling author of Illuminae and Aurora Rising