He can’t escape visions of her, but she may become everything he’s trained to hate.
“Blends military fantasy, dark academia, crime syndicate intrigue, trauma psychology, and morally grey romance-adjacent tension into something ambitious and unusual.” — The Reading Bud
“This is Jane Austen writing a female James Bond in some alternate world.” – Alex’s Book Blog
Eighteen-year-old Acteo Venand is an elite striker cadet at Inoton Academy, a military institution that prepares him to battle Noxvaleres, supernatural warriors who hold sway over the three pillars of desire: memory, fantasy, and reality. With graduation just a few months out, Acteo is ready to dedicate his life to the righteous destruction of Noxvaleres and avenge the traumas that he and his family have endured—until an ill-advised prize fight entangles him with Reyna Ward, an alluring assassin and Inconclusive, meaning a human with a chance at converting into a Noxvalere. Reyna continuously challenges Acteo’s worldview, and soon, his understanding of the distinctions between human and Noxvalere, and justice and desperation, begins to fracture.
