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THE CODEX OF ASHES: THE USTED TRILOGY
Magic is dying. And it's not an accident.
When 19-year-old *Juliet Boatengmaa* raises a dead messenger to save her village, she pays with a memory. But she also learns the truth: her uncle, *King Dilinya*, is running a machine under the palace that steals magic from the land to keep himself young.
Now Juliet is the most wanted girl in Usted.
With the help of a traitor *General* and a runaway *Scholar*, she must infiltrate the black-stone palace, learn a new kind of magic that doesn't cost her soul, and destroy the machine before it drains the kingdom dry.
But royal blood is the key. And the machine wants her willing.
A dark fantasy trilogy about sacrifice, power, and what you're willing to forget to save the people you love.