The Burning Court

Kleia serves as a royal guard sworn to protect Prince Eamon, heir to a throne caught between war and uneasy negotiation. Beyond Vaskara's borders, the Djinn'ta gather, powerful magical beings branded as enemies even as the king struggles to broker a truce that could end decades of bloodshed.

Kleia carries a secret of her own. When exposed to overwhelming surges of energy, something inside her fractures, dragging her to the brink of annihilation and back again. She does not understand the power that threatens to tear her apart, only that losing control could cost more than her life.

The arrival of Damianos, a newly appointed guard with an unsettling calm and an uncanny awareness of magic, unsettles her further. He is skilled, composed ... and hiding something. As attacks against the prince grow bolder and the fragile peace begins to crumble, suspicion tightens between the two guards, even as they are forced to fight side by side.

But Vaskara's war is not what it seems.

As secrets surface and loyalties fracture, Kleia must confront the truth of her power, and the man who may be her greatest threat or her only ally. Because the forces moving against Vaskara are older and more dangerous than either side realises, and if peace fails, it will not only be a kingdom that burns.

It will be the first of many worlds.