Caldren Deschamps is just an average farm boy... until the night his parents are killed for hiding a Resistance spy. Now, with an unquenchable anger burning inside him and nothing left to lose, he sets out to do the one thing he hopes will bring him peace: kill the officer who killed his parents. To do this, he must join the Revolution. Along the way, he meets the sweet but disfigured tavern boy Peg, one of the few rays of light left in his dark world. As he explores a new and violent lifestyle with the Revolution and grapples with the darkness that threatens to overtake him, Caldren must figure out how to control his anger- before it destroys him and the relationships he holds dear. Prequel book of Days of Resistance