A Drop of Corruption: An Ana and Din Mystery Daniel Duncan contradictory power” (Los Angeles Times)

contradictory power” (Los Angeles Times)

and driving the dysfunctional family to the Math Olympiad feels like his first unselfish act in ages

the world is plagued by catastrophe—cities are submerged underwater

" —Michiko Kakutani

A Drop of Corruption: An Ana and Din Mystery Daniel Duncan contradictory power” (Los Angeles Times)The eccentric detective Ana Dolabra matches wits with a seemingly omniscient adversary in this brilliant fantasy mystery from the author of The Tainted Cup. In the canton of Yarrowdale, at the very edge of the Empire's reach, a Treasury officer has disappeared into thin air vanishing from a room within a heavily guarded tower, its door and windows locked from the inside. To solve the case, the Empire calls on its most brilliant and mercurial