By Lisbeth Campbell

In this timely debut novel from Lisbeth Campbell, hitting shelves this August, it’s an open secret in the kingdom that King Karolje is responsible for the ‘disappearance’ of his wife Queen Mirantha. And when Anza finds a copy of the absent queen’s journal, she’s quickly radicalized by what Mirantha revealed in her diary before vanishing.

Anza’s father was executed by the crown, so she has personal reasons for both distrusting and fearing Karolje. To get the justice she craves, Anza joins the dangerous resistance plotting to overthrow the throne. She finds an unlikely ally in Prince Esvar, who’s desperate to escape his father’s court.

Together, they can free the kingdom from tyranny — or doom the revolution forever.

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