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A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens.

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An enthralling, epic fantasy about a world on the brink of war with dragons - and the women who must lead the fight to save it.

The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction – but assassins are getting closer to her door.

Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.

Across the dark sea, Tané has trained to be a dragonrider since she was a child, but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel.

Meanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep...

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Product details

Published 01 Jan 2026
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Pages 848
ISBN 9781037207969
Imprint Bloomsbury Archer
Illustrations 1 double-spread illustrated map, 2 x single spread maps
Series The Roots of Chaos
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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