A monarchy deposed. A city besieged. It is whispered in the streets that the salvation of the people lies in the chosen one…in royal blood. They lay their hope on Rhex, their warrior prince, returned from exile wielding the power of a Fire Lord. But how brightly does his flame burn? Even as he retakes the city, the winds of war howl at his heels.
In the shadow of her brother’s glorious return, Juliana, the crowned princess, gathers her tattered dignity around her and climbs from the mews where she has been trapped in servitude. Humble, but determined to regain her honor, she resumes her place at her brother’s side. Through adversity she found her inner fire, but will she—and her city—rise from the pyre or learn what it truly means to burn?
Mengenai Pengarang
Jeffrey Lyman is an engineer in the New York City area. His work has appeared in the anthologies Sails and Sorcery from Fantasist Enterprises, New Blood from Padwolf Publishing, and Breach the Hull, So It Begins, By Other Means, Best Laid Plans, and Dragon’s Lure from Dark Quest Books. He was co-editor of No Longer Dreams and all four volumes of the award-winning Bad-Ass Faeries anthology series. He is a 2004 graduate of the Odyssey Writing School, and won 2nd place in the fourth quarter of the 27th Annual Writers of the Future Award.