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By Catherine McCaughey

Tegids are supposed to be invincible. But Chiara isn't.

At thirteen, she was diagnosed "Stunted," expelled from Belkar Acrobatics Academy, and forbidden from continuing her career as a flier in a duo trapeze act with her brother Isak.

Undeterred, they kept practicing in secret - but all their efforts came to a tragic end when a sudden fire took Isak's life and left Chiara permanently scarred. She's lived in hiding ever since, haunted by a past she can't erase as she hides her scars from the rest of the world.

Until now.

Three years after Isak's death, the fires are burning far closer to home - and they aren't an accident. Fighting the flames is Cirque du Fh r, the circus-espionage ring sworn to put an end to the arsonists' terror.

Determined to find out the truth about Isak, Chiara joins Fh r as their new flier and swears her loyalty to their mission...but her second chance at life quickly plunges her into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse, a balancing act that takes her right back into the flames. And the truth might just be deadly enough to burn her alive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DHDNRDR7
• ISBN13: 9798991456609
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Wordcraft Novels
• Length: 430 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 13 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary