NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The third installment in the #BookTok sensation and New York
Times bestselling series that started with Spark of the Everflame . Now in a collectible
paperback edition featuring gorgeous sprayed edges. The war has begun. Both sides demand
Diem’s allegiance—or her death. After her disastrous coronation Diem finds herself at the
center of the conflict between the Descended and the Guardians. With her newfound friends and
the man she’s falling for on one side and the mortals she has vowed to protect on the other
Diem must walk a careful line to save the people she loves…even from one another. When the
mystery of her unusual heritage begins to unravel it sends Diem and Luther on an unexpected
journey across the realms. The answers they seek may hold the key to winning the war but
finding them will require Diem to face painful truths about her mother her bloodline and her
fate. Meanwhile the Crowns have set Diem in their sights. Some could be her greatest
allies—while others want her dead. To end their oppressive reign Diem must sort friend from
foe and risk it all to build an army of her own. But a powerful figure in the north has plans
that could change everything…
