Grace in Reflection

Two brothers fell through the ice at Mirrorlake. Only one survived, wearing the other's skin.

The man the world knows as Lucien Glacisse is not the man he claims to be. The lake took Lucien. It took Adrien too, just not his soul. What remained learned to answer to a dead boy's name: perfect son, cold diplomat, heir to House Glacisse.

Among mirrors and crystal glass, he has learned that reflection is safer than reality. But in the frost-covered streets of Haleport, nothing holds its shape for long. When a dark chapter in the city's history begins to stir, he is sent on a diplomatic mission where the mask finally starts to crack.

Political betrayal and old enemies threaten to surface what the lake could not keep buried. In a game of power and memory, the question is no longer whether he can protect his house. It is whether he can survive being the man he was never meant to be.

Grace in Reflection is an atmospheric political fantasy for readers who want magic with consequences and characters carrying secrets they can no longer outrun. For fans of Robin Hobb's character depth and Joe Abercrombie's moral complexity.