When assassins ambush her best friend, Rielle Dardenne risks everything to save
him, exposing herself as one of a pair of prophesied queens: a queen of light,
and a queen of blood. To prove she is the Sun Queen, Rielle must endure seven
elemental magic trials. If she fails, she will be executed...unless the trials
kill her first.
One thousand years later, the legend of Queen Rielle is a fairy tale to Eliana
Ferracora. A bounty hunter for the Undying Empire, Eliana believes herself
untouchable—until her mother vanishes. To find her, Eliana joins a rebel
captain and discovers that the evil at the empire's heart is more terrible than
she ever imagined.
As Rielle and Eliana fight in a cosmic war that spans millennia, their stories
intersect, and the shocking connections between them ultimately determine the
fate of their world—and of each other.
Rielle Dardenne has been anointed Sun Queen, but her trials are far from over. The Gate keeping the angels at bay is falling. To repair it, Rielle must collect the seven hidden castings of the saints. Meanwhile, to help her prince and love Audric protect Celdaria, Rielle must spy on the angel Corien—but his promises of freedom and power may prove too tempting to resist.
Centuries later, Eliana Ferracora grapples with her new reality: She is the Sun Queen, humanity's long-awaited savior. But fear of corruption—fear of becoming another Rielle—keeps Eliana's power dangerous and unpredictable. Hunted by all, racing against time to save her dying friend Navi, Eliana must decide how to wear a crown she never wanted—by embracing her mother's power, or rejecting it forever.
