It wasn’t every day that Luca felt the poke of someone else in her bed, either. Her arm flopped limply against something warm with a fleshy slap. She groaned and shifted until she was on her back. It wasn’t every day that Luca woke with a spasm of pain shooting through her right leg and up her spine, but that was also most days.

It wasn’t every day that Luca woke from nightmares of burning ships and the funeral pyres of her city, but it was most days. Together, the two women will have to come overcome their enemies, their history, and their heartbreak in order to find a way to secure Luca’s power and Touraine’s freedom.

And, even more importantly, if Luca’s uncle doesn’t ratify the treaty, the Qazali could end up right back where they started. But she soon realizes that leading a country and leading a revolution are two very different tasks. Touraine has found a home in the newly free country of Qazal. When he calls for a “Trial of Competence” and Luca’s allies start disappearing from her side, she will need to find a way to prove her might. Luca needs to oust her uncle from the Balladairan throne once and for all and take her rightful place as Queen. But undoing the tangled web that binds the two nations will not be easy, and Touraine and Luca will face their greatest challenge yet. The rebels have won, and the empire is withdrawing from Qazal. Clark’s Magic of the Lost trilogy, soldier Touraine and princess Luca must return to Balladaire to reclaim Luca’s throne and to face the consequences of dismantling an empire.

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