Her death is certain; her legacy is not. Althea Zoltaire has three years to transform from an outlawed blade wielder into the warrior legend she’s always aspired to be.
After years of training in the shadows, she seizes a chance to join the elite guild protecting the five kingdoms. But she’s not the only one with something to prove—sparring partners turn into deadly rivals, and her unwelcome mentor, Wilder Hawthorne, seems bent on either helping or breaking her.
When the kingdom’s fragile peace shatters, Althea faces trials far worse than any training gauntlet. Fail, and she loses not just her dreams but her life—and perhaps the entire realm.
Can she carve her name into legend before darkness swallows it whole?
