Describe your latest book.
My last book was
The Traitor Baru Cormorant, which comes out on November 29 in paperback! My elevator pitch has always been
Game of Thrones meets
Guns, Germs, and Steel — but if you like to get specific, it's also
Queen of Attolia meets
Code Name Verity.
Baru is a bright young girl on the island of Taranoke when the Empire of Masks arrives to colonize her home, outlaw her parents' marriage, and disappear one of her fathers. Being a very Machiavellian little girl, Baru decides there's only one thing to do — enter the Empire's schools, join their civil service, prove herself as their finest operative, and destroy the whole Masquerade from within. Baru proves herself. But the Masquerade doubts her loyalty...