Dust and Light (The Sanctuary Duet Book 1)

Name: Dust and Light (The Sanctuary Duet Book 1)
Price: 1.99 USD
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Rating: 4.5 (265 reviews)
Author: Carol Berg

by Carol Berg

Mystery Thriller Fantasy

4.5 (265)

4.5 stars from 265 reviews

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Last checked: May 25, 2026

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Perfect for you if...

You love intricate political fantasy with magic systems grounded in real consequences, not just spectacle.
You're drawn to morally complex protagonists who are sympathetic but flawed, caught between two worlds.
You appreciate richly detailed worldbuilding where social hierarchies and class conflict shape the plot as much as magic does.

Maybe not for you if...

You prefer fast-paced plots over slow-burn character development and atmospheric worldbuilding.
You want straightforward heroes and villains rather than characters navigating moral grey zones.
You're looking for romantic subplots as a central thread rather than one element in a larger mystery.

About this book

Lucian de Rememni-Masson, a pureblood sorcerer, lost much of his family and fortune during a civil war. He has a gift for portraiture and uses it to support his surviving sister by painting for the Registry. A youthful indiscretion from his past—an hour spent with an ordinary woman, during which he revealed his face and performed magic—has caught up with him. As punishment, the Registry reassigns Lucian from painting living sorcerers to working as a coroner's assistant, using his gift to identify dead ordinaries brought in from the streets. His ability to capture the truth of the dead men's souls reveals troubling secrets. Some of the dead harbor secrets worth killing for, drawing Lucian into a web of murder, mystery, and corruption. This epic fantasy is the first book in the Sanctuary Duet, set in the world of Flesh and Spirit.

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Currently 4.5★ from 265 reviews

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