Booklog 40/26: Sebastien de Castell: Our Lady of Blades - Court of Shadows Series (Greatcoats).

[jacey]

Kindle edition. Due for publication May 2026.

Set in the world of the Greatcoats, and featuring some peripheral characters from earlier stories, Rijou's infamous judicial duels are often just a method of legalised murder. How can a mild-mannered jeweller protect himself from a champion duellist who deals death for fun? The Court of Blades has become corrupt and cruel. Enter a mysterious duellist, calling herself Lady Consequence. Once she had another name,  and a wealthy and influential family well-known in Rijou, until betrayal struck them down. Now, seven years later, all she has left is a desire to save her younger brother. But there is another - a sister of sorts - also raised to the sword. Each sister believes the other dead, but each has a part to paly. This is a novel of betrayal, corruption, family, identity, and mind games perpetrated by a master. I love the world of the Greatcoats, and though this is perhaps not my favourite, it's still well worth reading.