Claire made it out of Perfection-but she was never meant to be a queen.
Stripped of her title and banished from the clone settlement, she trades in her crown for a shovel and a pair of work gloves on Yvain's farm.
Her love life? A disaster. She's accidentally engaged to one person and hopelessly drawn to someone else. Romance novels never prepared her for this.
When a blackmail threat pulls her deep into the forest, she stumbles upon a ghost from history: Cassandra Jamison, the infamous Empress blamed for the collapse of civilization-alive, confused, and with no memory of her past.
Milo returns from his travels with news. There's a city next to Spotless, hidden from the world and ruled by ancient beings. Inside, Emogene and Millie are being held captive-forced to play a deadly game they might not survive.