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This vividly rendered novel is similar to HBO's Game of Thrones if it were occur the Ottoman Empire. Ambitious in scope and personal in execution, the story's atmospheric setting up is rife with politics intrigue, with a deftly plotted narrative influenced by fiercely passionate characters. Followers of Victoria Aveyard's The Red Queen, Kristin Cashore's Graceling, and Sabaa Tahir's An Ember in the Ashes won't want to miss this visceral, immersive, and mesmerizing novel, the first in a trilogy. No one needs a princess to be brutal. And Lada Dragwlya likes it because of this. Ever since she and her delicate younger sibling, Radu, were wrenched from their homeland of Wallachia and abandoned by their dad to be raised in the Ottoman courts, Lada has known that being ruthless is the main element to survival. She and Radu are doomed to act as pawns in a vicious game, an unseen sword hovering over their every move. For the lineage that makes them special also makes them focuses on. Lada despises the Ottomans and bides her time, planning her vengeance for your day when she can go back to Wallachia and lay claim her birthright. Radu longs limited to a place where he feels safe. And when they meet Mehmed, the defiant and lonely boy of the sultan, who's expected to rule a nation, Radu feels that he's made a true good friend - and Lada wonders if she's finally found someone worthy of her passion. But Mehmed is heir to the empire that Lada has sworn to fight against - and that Radu now considers home. Jointly, Lada, Radu, and Mehmed form a poisonous triangle that strains the bonds of love and loyalty to the breaking point. From New York Times best-selling writer Kiersten White comes the first e book in a dark, sweeping new series where heads will rotate, bodies will be impaled, and hearts will be busted.
