A Land of Queens
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"You must be the fastest. The strongest. The best."
Every choice Arabelle of Ashville makes is a desperate attempt to keep her dying sister, Mireya, alive. When she's accepted into the brutal Emberhold Academy, she believes it's her chance to save Mireya- with the help of her Unbonded dragon. But the Academy is no sanctuary. Secrets simmer beneath polished walls, betrayals lurk in the shadows and death stalks the corridors. Haunted by the choices of those she calls friends, Arabelle doesn't know who to trust in this treacherous maze. Her survival depends on bargains struck in the darkness, setting the stage for a war to ignite. A war that will begin - and end - with Mireya. As rebel forces move in, Arabelle's dragon causes her to question her loyalties to the Queen. A loyalty that could burn Emberhold to the ground, leaving only ash and ruin.
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