(Audiobook published by Macmillan Young Listeners) (US) and expected to be released in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook. Painted Devils is being published by Henry Holt & Co. 'A child's eye fears the painted devil, but an elder wields the brush.' - Almanic proverb And with what should be the simplest way to save Emeric hanging over their heads, he and Vanja must face a more dangerous question: Is there a future for a thief and a prefect, and at what price?

The hunt leads her not only into the lairs of monsters and the paths of gods, but the ties of her past. Meanwhile, Vanja is chasing an alternative sacrifice that may be their way out. Now, that lie is growing out of control-especially when Emeric arrives to investigate, and the Scarlet Maiden manifests to claim him as a virgin sacrifice.įor his final test to become a prefect, Emeric must determine if Vanja is guilty of serious fraud, or if the Scarlet Maiden-and her claim to him-are genuine. But in her search for an honest trade, she hit trouble and invented a god, the Scarlet Maiden, to scam her way out. Let’s get one thing straight-Vanja Schmidt wasn’t trying to start a cult.Īfter taking down a corrupt margrave, breaking a deadly curse, and finding romance with the vexingly scrupulous Junior Prefect Emeric Conrad, Vanja had one great mystery left: her long-lost birth family.

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