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High fantasy meets clever heist in a tale full of swordfights, badass women, cunning thieves, legendary heroes, dragons, demons, and just a touch of romance.
By all rights, Ellie and Cat should never have met, the former a princess and the latter a girl from the slums. But Ellie lives more like a shadow than royalty, slipping unseen into places most wouldn't dare to go, and so against the odds, a fast friendship is formed, one sealed in a promise of blood.
It's this promise that leads Cat to a privileged life at the castle, and Ellie deeper into the shadowy underground of the slums. It's this promise that brings Ellie to Jack, a charming but mysterious thief with more than a few secrets he'd rather keep to himself. It's this promise that takes Cat far beyond her humble birthright to a place in the Royal Guard, the most elite military organization in the country.
And it's this promise that will stand against the oncoming storm of violence and destruction, of history revived, that marches on their kingdom.