Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. But shes at last returned to the empirefor vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past

She has embraced her identity as Aelin Galathynius, Queen of Terrasen. But before she can reclaim her throne, she must fight.

She will fight for her cousin, a warrior prepared to die for her. She will fight for her friend, a young man trapped in an unspeakable prison. And she will fight for her people, enslaved to a brutal king and awaiting their lost queens triumphant return.

The fourth volume in the New York Times bestselling series continues Celaenas epic journey and builds to a passionate, agonizing crescendo that might just shatter her world