A Torch Against the Night

If you are not loyal to the Emperor, you—and your family—will be executed. That’s the merciless world Layah lives in. Her older brother has been arrested for treason, and to save him she infiltrates the Imperial Military Academy. Elias is one of the academy’s best soldiers, but secretly he dreams of another life—freedom. When Layah and Elias’s paths cross, they realize they’re bound by fate. The choice they make will change the future of the entire Empire. Now they face a long and dangerous journey to reach Kauff—the Empire’s most terrifying prison—and free Layah’s brother from there. They’re ready to face the whole world, even an old friend who is bound by an oath and must carry out Emperor Marcus’s will: to catch Elias and execute him.