In this Korean mythology inspired sapphic fantasy a young woman with shadow magic is awakened
after a thousand years to heal her nation and her own troubled memory even as she falls for
the sister of a saint she killed in her past life. 'Yejin Suh weaves together Korean mythology
and sweeping fantasy with vibrant creativity' Sophie Kim No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author
of The God and the Gumiho According to legend the Soldier drowned entire kingdoms in darkness.
Yet the Soldier was only a girl robbed of her will and raised as a weapon for her
power-hungry father. When she awakens years later freedom takes the form of a hidden life and
a new name: Shadow. As war brews and magical dead zones devour the natural world Shadow is
captured and pulled back into court life by her immortal father's new prodigy Scarlet a
diabolical woman obsessed with her sister's murder. A murder Shadow herself committed in a past
life. Shadow's control over darkness holds the key to restoring the balance of their world but
a serpentine court hides greed corruption and her father's new plot to resurrect his fading
magic. If she's to survive and save her nation Shadow will have to hide her past and rely on
the woman who captured her-even as they unwind the legends that brought them together and face
their growing attraction.
