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As head phoenix keeper at a world-renowned zoo for magical creatures, Aila''s childhood dream of conserving critically endangered firebirds seems closer than ever. There''s just one glaring caveat: her zoo''s breeding program hasn''t functioned for a decade. When a tragic phoenix heist sabotages the flagship initiative at a neighbouring zoo, Aila must prove her derelict facilities are fit to take the reins.But saving an entire species from extinction requires more than stellar animal handling skills. Carnivorous water horses, tempestuous thunderhawks, mischievous dragons... Aila has no problem wrangling beasts. Inspiring zoo patrons? That''s another story. Mustering the courage to ask for help from the hotshot griffin keeper at the zoo''s most popular exhibit? Virtually impossible.Especially when that hotshot griffin keeper happens to be her arch-rival from college: Luciana, an annoyingly brooding and insufferable know-it-all with the grace of a basilisk and the face of a goddess who''s convinced that Aila''s beloved phoenix would serve their cause better as an active performer rather than as a passive conservation exhibit.With the world watching and the threat of poachers looming, Aila''s success is no longer merely a matter of keeping her job... She is the keeper of the phoenix, and the future of a species now rests on her shoulders. There''s just one thing she has to remember: she is also not alone.Against an epic fantasy backdrop teeming with all your favourite mythical beasts from dragons and unicorns to kelpies and krakens, The Phoenix Keeper combines the cozy fantasy stakes of TJ Klune and Travis Baldree with the heartwarming contemporary romance of Alice Oseman and Casey McQuiston.

''A gorgeous, genre-defying journey through broken worlds'' BRIGITTE KNIGHTLEY''A book that bites back'' ALEXANDRA KENNINGTON''Deliciously tender'' SARA OMER''Your vicious new obsession'' LYRA SELENE''10/10 would trade my soul for another chapter'' MIKAYLA BRIDGE''For everyone who wished the beast hadn''t turned back into a human'' HAZEL MCBRIDEWOULD IT BE SO BAD, TO BE DEVOURED?Fi has carved out a career as a cross-dimensional smuggler by sticking to simple rules: keep your routes secret, always draw your energy sword first, and - at all costs - avoid the daeyari, the carnivorous immortals who have ruled for millennia.When she''s hired to smuggle a bomb into the capital, instinct tells her the risk isn''t worth the pay, but the entreaty of a long-lost friend guilts her into accepting. Until the heist goes terribly wrong, and Fi is thrown at the feet of the daeyari lord, Antal, as payment.Antal is a hunter - cold and cunning and furious at Fi for her part in the attack on his city. Her saving grace is a common enemy: he''ll spare her if she helps him uncover who masterminded the scheme. To save her life, her family, and the village she calls home, Fi must join Antal on a new hunt with far higher stakes than she''s ever faced before, bartering with neighbouring immortals who might offer an alliance - or tear their throats out in the snow. She''s always known the dangers of her trade - and of the power she''s wielded since childhood, allowing her to see the secret doors between realities, to walk the Void itself. But nothing could have prepared her for meeting Antal. For the deal she''s been forced to make, and what that deal might ignite. A revolution. And a temptation - for how sweet the monster''s fangs might feel. From the author of instant Sunday Times bestseller The Phoenix Keeper comes a dazzling new fantasy universe unmissable for fans of the world-building scale of Sarah J. Maas and the world-shifting stakes of Rebecca Yarros.