Magic is forbidden. The crown is merciless. And the woman who could bring it all down has spent her life pretending she has none at all.

Ravenna wants nothing more than to escape Valerin and leave its persecution behind. She has always considered herself a simple healer, until a chance encounter with Grigori, one of the crown's most feared hunters, awakens something she can no longer deny.

Ravenna carries the blood of a lost people and a rare ability to see and shape the threads woven through all things. Grigori should turn her in. Instead, something else draws them together.

As old secrets surrounding their bloodlines come to light, Ravenna and Grigori find themselves caught between a brutal regime, a growing resistance, and a bond more dangerous than either of them understands. Soon, surviving isn't enough. The crown is building a weapon capable of wiping out her people, and stopping it may require Ravenna to become the very thing she has spent her life fearing.

But destroying a tyrant doesn't guarantee peace. With a kingdom to rebuild, a family to protect, and abilities she's barely begun to understand, a mysterious Order offers knowledge unlike anything she's known, and the chance to push further than anyone thought possible.

Some boundaries exist for a reason. And breaking them could cost Ravenna far more than a crown.