From New York Times bestselling author Justina Ireland and Tessa
Gratton comes the first book in a ferocious YA fantasy duology featuring
ancient magic, warring factions, and a romance between the two people in
the world with the most cause to hate one another.
Darling Seabreak cannot remember anything before the murder of her
family at the hands of House Dragon, but she knows she owes her life to
both the power of her Chaos Boon and House Kraken for liberating her
from the sewers where she spent her childhood. So when her adoptive
Kraken father is captured in battle, Darling vows to save him--even if
that means killing each and every last member of House Dragon.
Talon Goldhoard has always been a dutiful War Prince for House
Dragon, bravely leading the elite troops of his brother, the High Prince
Regent. But lately his brother's erratic rule threatens to undo a
hundred years of House Dragon's hard work, and factions are turning to
Talon to unseat him. Talon resists, until he's ambushed by a fierce girl
who looks exactly like the one his brother has painted obsessively,
repeatedly, for years, and Talon knows she's the key to everything.
Together, Darling and Talon must navigate the treacherous waters of
House politics, caught up in the complicated game the High Prince Regent
is playing against everyone. The unlikeliest of allies, they'll have to
stop fighting each other long enough to learn to fight together in order
to survive the fiery prophecies and ancient blood magic threatening to
devastate their entire world.
