Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. But she's finally returned to the empire—for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past...

Now embracing her true identity as Aelin Galathynius, Queen of Terrasen, she must fight before she can reclaim her throne. She will fight for her cousin, a warrior prepared to die for her. She will fight for her friend, a young man trapped in an unspeakable prison. And she will fight for her people, enslaved under a brutal king, awaiting their lost queen's triumphant return.

As her epic journey builds to a passionate, agonizing crescendo that might just shatter her world...