The Sixth Army
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In a land split in two, an exiled princess and the heir to the continent's most powerful guild are thrust onto a deadly journey of political treachery and mythical conspiracy.
Princess Astrid Lokason was exiled for the regicide of the Niven Queen. Now training with Nivenskarr's legendary Fifth Army, the royal princess plots her return to the Krystalhall, her family's ancestral palace, by seeking a seat on her kingdom's high council, the Frostgraad.
Nikolaj Morgensen, heir of Thalhavn's most powerful guildmaster, is sent to train in the ranks of the brutal Niven army as part of a fragile new alliance between the neighbouring kingdoms of Thalhavn and Nivenskarr. Carrying directives that could shatter the tenuous truce, he must survive the army's ruthless culling while upholding his family's ambitions.
Their plans are upended when the Niven Crown Prince sends Astrid on a political mission to the southern Dukedom of Lorathen, under the guise of a royal betrothal. Burdened with his own secrets, Nikolaj is assigned to the Princess' royal guard. Thrown together on a perilous voyage, they must navigate duplicitous court politics, spectral apparitions, and, most dangerous of all, their own treacherous emotions.
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