Lyra learns the cost of war in a single, life-altering afternoon. Her homeland has been invaded by an ambitious new king, and she has lost everything -- her farm, her family and her will to live. Enslaved and shackled, she is marched off to serve Temris Ragnyrsbane, a ruthless warlord in the pay of the enemy. But Temris is not all he seems to be, and with him Lyra finds a chance in a million of overthrowing the tyrant who destroyed her entire life.

noun: weakness. /ˈwēknəs/ -a person or thing that one is unable to resist or likes excessively.

A common soldier. A monstrous being. What all could occur if the two were to cross paths? Csilla. A just adulting soldier forced into fighting a war whose result is already predetermined. A war her side was fated to lose. An enemy she was assigned to kill. A creature her race was taught to fear. The rage of war spiked in the air, she marched into battle with a mission forced in her mind- destroy the head of the enemy. What happens if she fails? **Note that this book contains torture scenes, brutality, mature scenes, violence, harsh language and a lot of fiction. Kindly use your imagination and refrain reading if you are faint hearted.**