FromNewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorJustinaIrelandandTessaGrattoncomesthefirstbookinaferociousYAfantasyduologyfeaturingancientmagic,warringfactions,andaromancebetweenthetwopeopleintheworldwiththemostcausetohateoneanother.DarlingSeabreakcannotrememberanythingbeforethemurderofherfamilyatthehandsofHouseDragon,butsheknowssheowesherlifetoboththepowerofherChaosBoonandHouseKrakenforliberatingherfromthesewerswhereshespentherchildhood.SowhenheradoptiveKrakenfatheriscapturedinbattle,Darlingvowstosavehim--evenifthatmeanskillingeachandeverylastmemberofHouseDragon.TalonGoldhoardhasalwaysbeenadutifulWarPrinceforHouseDragon,bravelyleadingtheelitetroopsofhisbrother,theHighPrinceRegent.Butlatelyhisbrother’serraticrulethreatenstoundoahundredyearsofHouseDragon’shardwork,andfactionsareturningtoTalontounseathim.Talonresists,untilhe’sambushedbyafiercegirlwholooksexactlyliketheonehisbrotherhaspaintedobsessively,repeatedly,foryears,andTalonknowsshe’sthekeytoeverything.Together,DarlingandTalonmustnavigatethetreacherouswatersofHousepolitics,caughtupinthecomplicatedgametheHighPrinceRegentisplayingagainsteveryone.Theunlikeliestofallies,they’llhavetostopfightingeachotherlongenoughtolearntofighttogetherinordertosurvivethefierypropheciesandancientbloodmagicthreateningtodevastatetheirentireworld.
