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Adelice returns to Arras where the Guild’s grip is faltering and Cormac Patton urgently needs her aid to restore order. As she navigates the city’s fragile politics, she discovers she is not alone—and that a dangerous choice lies ahead. She faces a dilemma: embrace a potentially destabilizing alliance that may save her people, or avoid a conflict that could annihilate all she holds dear. The stakes are high, violence is present, and the story explores themes of loyalty, identity, and the cost of power in a teenage character’s eyes. Set in a dystopian future, the narrative centers on teenage girls in a harsh society, touching on social issues and the complexities of love and romance amid turmoil.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Science Fiction/Cyberpunk
Authors: Gennifer Albin
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