<p><strong>An absolutely compelling take on the price of power and the terrible necessity of purpose.</strong><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>-</strong><strong>Jonathan Maloney author of <em>The Method of the Kill</em> series</strong></p><p></p><p>The Battle of Fairhaven is over and Rose Evermore has fulfilled a promise to her best friend. Both return to the Other broken and bleeding as Lotheria slips back beneath the river. Now the real struggle begins; finding a place in the modern world.</p><p></p><p>But as Rose attempts to reintegrate into her old life she is unable to shake the temptation of unfinished oaths a burgeoning war and a mountain of guilt. Once again stepping back into the water she knows she must finish what she started at any cost.</p><p></p><p>Joined by the unlikeliest allies and encountering strange new magics - ancient forbidden and stolen - Rose daringly returns to Lotheria as the new Queen and finds herself battling a foe she was entirely unprepared for on a gameboard that risks everyone she ever cared about.</p><p></p><p><strong>Fast-paced fiery and action-packed fans of Lynette Noni's <em>Akarnae</em> Tamora Pierce's <em>Tortall</em> series and Mary E. Pearson's <em>The Kiss of Deception</em> will enjoy the intricacies of magical life high stakes and plot twists of <em>His Throne of Embers</em>.</strong></p>