

Identifiers: Library of Congress Control Number: 2022910999 Published in the United States of America by PageTurnerPress LLC. Any correlation or resemblance to real persons, living or dead, locales, or events is entirely coincidental. Names, organizations, characters, places, events and occurrences are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. No part of this book may be used, replicated, or reproduced in any manner without written permission from the copyright holder except in the case of brief quotations embodied in reviews. Velamir must find the courage to face his past and Natassa must find the strength to face herself before the war consumes them both. When she learns of her father's intention to marry her to a man she loathes, Natassa crafts a risky plan of her own-one dangerous enough to get her killed. But she's a shackled prisoner, and somewhere under the mask is a spark of rebellion. The one who looks away from the torture her father, the emperor, inflicts on the Empire's inhabitants. Natassa knows her role well: The silent and obedient girl. Burdened with the deaths of the unavenged and the chance of losing his own life, Velamir must decide if revenge is worth the cost.

Calamity befalls the group as they trek through enemy territory, and Velamir learns a part of his past that makes the mission far more personal.

When he's sent on a mission with three fellow academy cadets, Velamir returns to the Empire, the land of his birth. As a student in the Chishman academy, he cannot escape the brutal war.

He pledges to bring its downfall.ĭeath is Velamir's close acquaintance.
