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After fifteen years of peace following humanity’s victory over demons, the lives of usual citizens are still shadowed by the horrors of the past. Olive Paper, the princess of Hollow, has her future dictated by her mother, Duchess Leesha Paper, who insists on a strict path to succession. Olive resists the scripted life she has been born into. Darin Bales, a young man unbound by tradition, struggles under the weight of the expectation that he will live up to his father’s legendary reputation. When Olive and Darin cross the wards at night, they uncover that not all demons are gone—those that remain seek vengeance. Their encounter sets in motion a series of events that only a prophecy foretells, forcing them to find their own places in the world and save it once more.
First publish date: 2021
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Peter V. Brett
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