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"Some are born gifted. Others are born targets."
In the crumbling edges of the kingdom of Valca, where the powerless are hunted and the gifted rule, 17 year-old Lyra lives a life of silence and shadows. Branded as a lesser, she hides the truth - that she is Mindborn, cursed with the ability to see death through others' eyes. It's a power that has marked ever since she was a little kid.
With the death of her only parent she is left all alone in the slums of Lowmark at the age of 15, Lyra survives alongside Mira, her only friend - a girl hiding a dangerous secret of her own. But when a stranger arrives at the outskirts of their world, everything unravels.
Alaric Merovin, the prince and brother of the heir of Valca, has been trained to become the weapon of the crown. But beneath the cold mask and royal blood lies a boy fractured by duty - and drawn to the girl who sees things she shouldn't.
When the inevitable happens, Lyra must choose: stay silent and survive, or rise - and become the threat they always feared she was.