Nicholas Cox is determinedto prove himself in the world of competitive fencing, and earn his placealongside fencing legends like the dad he never knew, but things get morecomplicated when he's up against his golden-boy half-brother, as well as sullenfencing prodigy, Seiji Katayama.
Nicholas, the illegitimateson of a retired fencing champion, is a scrappy fencing wunderkind, and dreamsof getting the chance and the training to actually compete. After gettingaccepted to the prodigious Kings Row private school, Nicholas is thrust into acut-throat world, and finds himself facing not only his golden-boy half-brother,but the unbeatable, mysterious Seiji Katayama...
Through clashes, rivalries,and romance between teammates, Nicholas and the boys of Kings Row will discoverthere's much more to fencing than just foils and lunges. From acclaimed writerC.S. Pacat (The Captive Prince) and fan-favorite artist Johanna theMad.
C.S. Pacat is the New York Times and USA-Today best-selling author of Dark Rise, the Captive Prince trilogy, and the GLAAD-nominated graphic novels Fence, and has also written for DC Comics. C.S. Pacat has lived in a number of cities, including Tokyo and Perugia, and currently resides and writes in Melbourne.
Johanna The Mad is a comic book artist and illustrator from Mexico. Thanks to growing a social media following, she turned into a freelance artist and has worked with publishers like BOOM! Studios and Little Brown. Find her social links at
https://linktr.ee/johannathemad