Tanya is not a soldier. Not officially.
She is the horse handler - the girl who sleeps in the stables, tends the mounts, and rides into battle only because everyone has learned to pretend not to notice. But when raiders cross the border and burn a village under the King's protection, Tanya proves that titles matter less than steel.
With her copper-colored horse beneath her and a sword in her hand, she is fast, merciless, and useful.
Useful has always been enough.
But as the border war grows uglier, Tanya begins to see that vengeance and justice are not the same thing. The enemy leaves villages burning, but the King's own soldiers are starting to answer cruelty with cruelty of their own.
When an order threatens innocent lives, Tanya must choose between obedience and conscience - and decide whether she is more than the weapon war made her.
A dark military fantasy about vengeance, loyalty, found family, and the cost of restraint.