Kaz Brekker and his crew of deadly outcasts have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn’t think they’d survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they’re right back to fighting for their lives. Double-crossed and badly weakened, the crew is low on resources, allies, and hope. As powerful forces from around the world descend on Ketterdam to root out the secrets of the dangerous drug known as jurda parem, old rivals and new enemies emerge to challenge Kaz’s cunning and test the team’s fragile loyalties.
Trigger and Content Warnings
- Ableism, classism & persecution for witchcraft
- Indentured servitude discussed
- Forced underaged sex work & rape of a child recounted
- Parental abandonment & disownment and child abuse
- Gambling addiction & gambling (protagonist)
- Drug dependency & withdrawal discussed (on-page)
- Recreational drug use recounted & alcohol consumption
- Pregnancy mentioned (secondary character)
- Graphic blood & injury depiction, consensual body modification, mentions of plague, and protagonist with chronic illness & pain
- Death of a boyfriend & friend (on-page)
- Murder & attempted murder
- Torture (on-page)
- Gun violence, explosions & knife violence & stabbing
- Kidnapping & captivity (on-page)
- Imprisonment
- Home invasion
- Blackmail & death threats
- Poverty themes & debt collection mentioned
