#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 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. A SHE READS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR “ 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.
