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Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author ’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.  \nCopyright © 2019 by Holly Black Illustrations by Kathleen Jennings  \nCover art copyright © 2019 by Sean Freeman. Cover design by Karina Granda.  \nCover copyright © 2019 by Hachette Book Group, Inc. Hachette Book Group supports the right to free expression and the value of copyright. The purpose of copyright is to encourage writers and artists to produce the creative works that enrich our culture.  \nThe scanning, uploading, and distribution of this book without permission is a theft of the author ’s intellectual property. If you would like permission to use material from the book (other than for review purposes), please contact [permissions@hbgusa.com. Thank you for your](permissions@hbgusa.com. 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Title: The wicked king / Holly Black ; illustrations by Kathleen Jennings.  \nFirst edition. | New York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2019. | Series: [The Folk of the Air ; 2] | Summary:  \nAs seneschal to High King Cardan, Jude must fight to keep control of the Faerie throne while her younger brother, Oak, enjoys the childhood she never knew.  \nIdentifiers: LCCN 2017056642| ISBN 9780316310352 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780316310338 (ebook) | ISBN 9780316310345 (library edition ebook)  \nSubjects: | CYAC: Kings, queens, rulers, etc.—Fiction. | Power (Philosophy)—Fiction. | Courts and courtiers—Fiction.| Fairies—Fiction. | Sisters—Fiction. | Fantasy.  \nClassification: LCC PZ7.B52878 Wic 2019 | DDC [Fic]—dc23  \nLC record available at [https://lccn.loc.gov/2017056642](https://lccn.loc.gov/2017056642)[ ](https://lccn.loc.gov/2017056642)[ISBNs: 978-0-316-31035-2](ISBNs: 978-0-316-31035-2) ([hardcover](hardcover)), 978-0-316-31033-8 (ebook), 978-0-316-45213-7 (int’l), 978-0-316-48713-9 (Barnes & Noble)  \nE3-20181107-JV-NF-ORI  \nContents  \nCover  \nTitle Page  \nCopyright  \nDedication  \nMap  \nBook One  \nPrologue Chapter 1  \nChapter 2  \nChapter 3  \nChapter 4  \nChapter 5  \nChapter 6  \nChapter 7  \nChapter 8  \nChapter 9  \nChapter 10  \nChapter 11  \nChapter 12  \nChapter 13  \nChapter 14  \nChapter 15  \nChapter 16  \nChapter 17  \nChapter 18  \nChapter 19  \nChapter 20  \nChapter 21  \nBook Two  \nChapter 22  \nChapter 23  \nChapter 24  \nChapter 25  \nChapter 26  \nChapter 27  \nChapter 28  \nChapter 29  \nChapter 30 Epilogue  \nAcknowledgments  \nFor Kelly Link, one of the merfolk  \nJude lifted the heavy practice sword, moving into the first  \nstance—readiness.  \nGet used to the weight, Madoc had told her. You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring. The first lesson is to make yourself that strong.  \nIt will hurt. Pain makes you strong.  \nThat was the first lesson he’d taught her after he’d cut down her parents with a sword not unlike the one she held now. Then she’d been seven, a baby. Now she was nine and lived in Faerieland, and everything was changed.  \nShe planted her feet in the grass. Wind ruffled her hair as she moved through the stances. One; the sword before her, canted to one side, protecting her body. Two; the pommel high, as though the blade wer","cbCailanUf30u2XS","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailanUf30u2XS","pdf",3366156,309,"English","# Contents\n## Book One\n## Prologue\n## Chapter 1\n## Chapter 2\n## Chapter 3\n## Chapter 4\n## Chapter 5\n## Chapter 6\n## Chapter 7\n## Chapter 8\n## Chapter 9\n## Chapter 10\n## Chapter 11\n## Chapter 12\n## Chapter 13\n## Chapter 14\n## Chapter 15\n## Chapter 16\n## Chapter 17\n## Chapter 18\n## Chapter 19\n## Chapter 20\n## Chapter 21\n## Book Two","[{\"question\":\"Who is Jude and what role does she hold?\",\"answer\":\"Jude serves as seneschal to High King Cardan. 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