

But when her hood is removed and her storm-summoning killing curse revealed, Nym is snatched up by a court advisor and given a choice: be trained as the weapon Faelen needs to win the war or be killed.Ĭhoosing the former, Nym is unleashed into a world of politics, bizarre parties, and rumors of an evil more sinister than shes being prepared to fight . . . Standing on the auction block beneath smoke-drenched mountains, Nym faces her fifteenth sell.


Because, eventually, accidentally, I will destroy you."Īs a slave in the war-weary kingdom of Faelen, seventeen-year-old Nym isnt merely devoid of rights, her Elemental kind are only born male and always killed at birthmeaning, she shouldnt even exist. If the curseand the girlcan be controlled. In a world at war, a slave girls lethal curse could become one kingdoms weapon of salvation. Between the simmering romance, the rich and inventive fantasy world, and one seriously jaw-dropping finale, readers will clamor for the next bookand I'll be at the front of the line!" Marissa Meyer, New York Times bestselling author of the Lunar Chronicles The award-winning novel that started it all.
