Cassel comes from a family of curse workersāpeople who have the power to change your emotions, your memories, your luck, by the slightest touch of their hands. And since curse work is illegal, theyāre all criminals. Many become mobsters and con artists. But not Cassel. He hasnāt got magic, so heās an outsider, the straight kid in a crooked family. You just have to ignore one small detailāhe killed his best friend, Lila, three years ago.
Cassel has carefully built up a faƧade of normalcy, blending into the crowd. But his faƧade starts to crumble when he finds himself sleepwalking, propelled into the night by terrifying dreams about a white cat that wants to tell him something. Heās noticing other disturbing things too, including the strange behavior of his two brothers. They are keeping secrets from him. As Cassel begins to suspect heās part of a huge con game, he must unravel his past and his memories. To find out the truth, Cassel will have to outcon the conmen.
White Cat: The Curse Workers, Book One (Unabridged) - Holly Black
Cassel comes from a family of curse workersāpeople who have the power to change your emotions, your memories, your luck, by the slightest touch of their hands. And since curse work is illegal, theyāre all criminals. Many become mobsters and con artists. But not Cassel. He hasnāt got magic, so heās an outsider, the straight kid in a crooked family. You just have to ignore one small detailāhe killed his best friend, Lila, three years ago.
Cassel has carefully built up a faƧade of normalcy, blending into the crowd. But his faƧade starts to crumble when he finds himself sleepwalking, propelled into the night by terrifying dreams about a white cat that wants to tell him something. Heās noticing other disturbing things too, including the strange behavior of his two brothers. They are keeping secrets from him. As Cassel begins to suspect heās part of a huge con game, he must unravel his past and his memories. To find out the truth, Cassel will have to outcon the conmen.