"Have you ever had to go through life without Joy, I have. It's not so bad once you find someone who can make you smile again." Nate In a world separated by six kingdoms that couldn't be more different, the Queen of Lumine raises soldiers from birth and has devious plans for the future. Her plan is in jeopardy when one of her soldiers escapes and makes friends with a princess from a neighboring kingdom. The two are now in grave danger because the Queen cannot risk her plan being revealed. The great adventure begins and no one is safe from the Queen or countless other potential perils along...

Connor has a problem.

No, it's not the fact that his student army is pitiful compared to the competition. It's not even the spies infesting the school, the allies lining up to kill him, or even the fact that Shona's plans for him just keep getting worse.

It's what to do about all the secrets.

Conspiracies centuries in the making are beginning to unravel and truths about patronage, the unclaimed, and the very stones that fuel Petralist powers begin to emerge from their shadowy graves.

If he's not careful, Connor will get dumped back in those graves with them.

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Connor has a problem.

No, it's not the fact that his student army is pitiful compared to the competition. It's not even the spies infesting the school, the allies lining up to kill him, or even the fact that Shona's plans for him just keep getting worse.

It's what to do about all the secrets.

Conspiracies centuries in the making are beginning to unravel and truths about patronage, the unclaimed, and the very stones that fuel Petralist powers begin to emerge from their shadowy graves.

If he's not careful, Connor will get dumped back in those graves with them.

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