With the Haederan Empire mostly ousted from Asria, Avery Rendon should feel freer than she has in years-certainly since the Haederan invasion. Yet when she's nearly assassinated on the day of her long-overdue coronation, intelligence suggests the perpetrator is her estranged brother, Quen. He may have denied wanting the throne years ago, but now it seems he wants another shot-and he won't stop until she no longer stands in his way. Convinced her...