Tremontaine

Tremontaine is the latest book in the Swords of Riverside series - this volume written by authors who are fans of the original three books. It takes place fifteen years before Swordspoint. 

Ixbaab Balam is a spy from across the sea. She is in a London-like city with her family who import chocolate. They are the only source of chocolate, a fad that has taken the upper classes by storm.

Micha is a farm girl, in the city with her cousin to sell vegetables. She is dressed as a boy to make her work easier. She is a math genius. When she meets Rafe, a university student, on a delivery she joins him in class.

Tess lives in Riverside, a lower class neighborhood where the regular people live. Although there is nothing common about Tess - as Ixkaab notices on first glance.

Diane, Duchess Tremontaine, is a member of the ton. Anything she does is to be copied. She is in the process of trying to save the Tremontaine name in spite of some bad investments. 

This series is a fun, swashbuckling tale of Regency times. The authors of this volume have captured the feel and tone of the originals by Kushner. A must read for fantasy fans.

Kushner, Ellen. (2017), Tremontaine. New York: Saga Press.