Overview

A shadow from the past.
A fractured AI on the brink of madness.
A kingdom on the edge of collapse.

With Thono dead and his conquest thwarted, State Sec Agent Elianorra Salazar should finally have peace. But when Dolor’s capital comes under sudden attack, a mysterious woman arrives aboard Thono's old warships—a woman with bi-coloured eyes. After obliterating the invasion force, every newsfeed and citizen hails Yelena as a hero, much to Elia’s horror.

Beneath the saviour's charm lies a ruthless ambition, one that twists the hearts of the people and turns them against their queen. Elia and the royal family are rendered powerless, caught in the political hurricane that unfolds. Between scrambling to save her relationship with Captain Haggerty, rebuilding the one with her mother, and mending Eighty-Three's splintered mind, Elia must unite with former enemies and risk everything to keep her world from falling apart.

Because some shadows never fade—and some creations refuse to die.