Welcome to <i>Tremontaine,</i> the prequel to Ellen Kushner’s beloved Riverside series that began with <i>Swordspoint</i>! A Duchess whose beauty is matched only by her cunning; her husband’s dangerous affair with a handsome scholar; a foreigner in a playground of swordplay and secrets; and a mathematical genius on the brink of revolution—when long-buried lies threaten to come to light, betrayal and treachery know no bounds with stakes this high. Mind your manners and...
