At ten years old the Heir of Jasad flees a massacre that takes her entire family. At fifteen
she buries her first body. At twenty the clock is ticking on Sylvia's third attempt at home.
Nizahl's armies have laid waste to Jasad and banned magic across the four remaining kingdoms.
Fortunately Sylvia's magic is as good at playing dead as she is. When the Nizahl Heir tracks a
group of Jasadis to Sylvia's village the quiet life she's crafted unravels. Calculating and
cold Arin's tactical brilliance is surpassed only by his hatred for magic. When a mistake
exposes Sylvia's magic Arin offers her an escape: compete as Nizahl's Champion in the Alcalah
tournament and win immunity from persecution. In exchange Arin will use her as bait to draw
out the Jasadis he's hunting. To win the deadly Alcalah Sylvia must work with Arin to free her
trapped magic all while staying a step ahead of his efforts to uncover her identity. But as
the two grow closer Sylvia realizes winning her freedom as Nizahl's Champion means destroying
any chance of reuniting Jasad under her banner. The scorched kingdom is rising again and
Sylvia will have to choose between the life she's earned and the one she left behind.
