In this riveting dark fantasy debut a woman with missing memories fights to survive a war-torn
world of necromancy and alchemy—and the man tasked with unearthing the deepest secrets of her
past. This stunning hardcover edition features a deluxe jacket with gold foil on the front
and a full-color illustration on the reverse gorgeous designed endpapers a gold foil case
stamp and from acclaimed artist Avendell a black-and-white interior illustration. “ What
is it you think you’re protecting in that brain of yours? The war is over. Holdfast is dead.
The Eternal Flame extinguished. There’s no one left for you to save.” Once a promising
alchemist Helena Marino is now a prisoner—of war and of her own mind. Her Resistance friends
and allies have been brutally murdered her abilities suppressed and the world she knew
destroyed. In the aftermath of a long war Paladia’s new ruling class of corrupt guild
families and depraved necromancers whose vile undead creatures helped bring about their
victory holds Helena captive. According to Resistance records she was a healer of little
importance within their ranks. But Helena has inexplicable memory loss of the months leading up
to her capture making her enemies wonder: Is she truly as insignificant as she appears or are
her lost memories hiding some vital piece of the Resistance’s final gambit? To uncover the
memories buried deep within her mind Helena is sent to the High Reeve one of the most
powerful and ruthless necromancers in this new world. Trapped on his crumbling estate Helena’s
fight—to protect her lost history and to preserve the last remaining shreds of her former
self—is just beginning. For her prison and captor have secrets of their own . . . secrets
Helena must unearth whatever the cost.
