Last One Standing
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Last published Thu, Sep 3, 2026
One shall stand and one shall fall...right?
Twenty-three year old Adira Harlin knows war more than most. She knows war is merciless, wrathful, and takes loved ones without a second thought. It's a game, and she broke the rules by surviving when she should have died. Twice.
After suffering both a broken body, a hardened heart, and the loss of her friends, Adira went into hiding, letting the world believe that she, the Great Warrior, was dead. It was a small price, taking an alternate identity to hide who she is, but the cost of conquering a war is greater than that.
Now, Maeve shows her ruthless reign over the kingdom, threatening to shift her rule into a tyranny. And when she sends her chief to extinguish the resistance growing under Adira's name, Adira knows her five years of hiding her identity and worsening secret is coming to an end.
The hope of her friends' survival long faded, Adira joins the resistance with the help of a boy she met along the way. She soon discovers not everyone is as they seem, betrayals lurk in the shadows, and death weighs on the horizon closer than she'd like.
The end of her war is drawing closer with each passing day, and the questions haunt her. Will she and her new allies and friends survive? Will Maeve win the war for good?
Who will be the last one standing?
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