[[ON PAUSE]] Seven guilds. A continent under siege. And a war to tear apart another. Astryd is the Heiress to the Sayaadi. Infamous for nothing more than her brutality and ruthlessness, Astryd has claimed her place as Heiress. For years, she has placed her heart freely into the hands of the guilds and her monarch. But when the King of Assassins is murdered and his body strewn outside a rivaling guild's fortress, her world is plunged into chaos as a war quickly ravages the continent. Queen Ellette's land is dying. For centuries, the legendary order of the Skincarvers has defended the Southern Continent against the rise of otherworldly beasts that plague their days and nights-but, when a new beast emerges, the Skincarvers abandon them. Without their protectors Ellette has no choice other than to wield the power of her crown in a way she has never before, and command the vast continent's legions with the might of her crown alone. Will queen Ellette be able to protect the land she loves without the Skincarvers? With the Assassin Throne left empty, and each of the seven guilds silently battling for their own claim, the continent of Allyra will be a battlefield for alliances once forged and broken. Will Astryd and the Sayaadi emerge victorious? Or will her love for the guilds tear her apart?