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BOOK THREE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIESAn Entertainment Weekly Summer Reads pick

The perfect summer read The Washington Post

The beloved and bestselling fantasy series that glows burns and smolders Huffington Post

Beyond the Martial Empire and within it the threat of war looms ever larger

Helene Aquilla the Blood Shrike is desperate to protect her sisters life and the lives of everyone in the Empire But she knows that danger lurks on all sides Emperor Marcus haunted by his past grows increasingly unstable and violent while Keris Veturia the ruthless Commandant capitalizes on the Emperors volatility to grow her own powerregardless of the carnage she leaves in her path

Far to the east Laia of Serra knows the fate of the world lies not in the machinations of the Martial court but in stopping the Nightbringer But in the hunt to bring him down Laia faces unexpected threats from those she hoped would help her and is drawn into a battle she never thought shed have to fight

And in the land between the living and the dead Elias Veturius has given up his freedom to serve as Soul Catcher But in doing so he has vowed himself to an ancient power that demands his complete surrendereven if that means abandoning the woman he loves