In this thrilling sequel to World Fantasy Award finalist Kate Elliott's bestselling young adult debut Court of Fives, a girl immersed in a high-stakes competition holds the fate of a kingdom in her hands.

Jessamy is moving up the ranks of the Fives--the complex athletic contest favored by the lowliest Commoners and the loftiest Patrons in her embattled kingdom. Pitted against far more formidable adversaries, success is Jes's only option, as her prize money is essential to keeping her hidden family alive. She leaps at the change to tour the countryside and face more competitors, but then a fatal attack on her traveling party puts Jes at the center of the war that Lord Kalliarkos--the prince she still loves--is fighting against their country's enemies. With a sinister overlord watching her every move and Kal's life on the line, Jes must now become more than a Fives champion....She must become a warrior.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 07/03/2017
ISBN: 9780316344388
Pages: 496
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.30d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 183551 / Poisoned Blade: A Court of Fives Novel
Reading Level: 6.3 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 18