To Steal the Crown — Beth Alvarez

Without chaos, Orrad can't have a hero.After the impossible heist that put ex-mage Tahl on the map and put the name of the Ghost on the lips of everyone in Orrad, he disappeared. Without a guild to keep thieves organized, the city is consumed by fear, and a never-ending stream of false Ghosts swing from the gallows.Determined to draw a new guild from the ashes of Bahar Eseri's empire, Tahl plans to stage his return at the height of the city's unrest. To prove his identity and claim to the name of Ghost, he must pull off the greatest heist the Westkings have ever known—again.His target?The emperor himself.The Westkings Heist trilogy continues with To Steal the Crown, a novella that fully encapsulates the second of three high fantasy heists. With climbing complexity and perpetually increasing stakes, each story builds upon the last to provide an epic, three-arc tale of an unlikely hero's rise to glory—and an unexpected mission to save the kingdom whose underbelly he rules. Start now. Join the heist.