By C. J. Redwine
<span>Within the partitions of Baalboden, underneath the shadow of the city's brutal chief, Rachel Adams has a mystery. whereas different ladies stitch attire, host dinner events, and obey their male Protectors, Rachel is aware tips to live on within the desert and deftly wield a sword. whilst her father, Jared, fails to come from a courier challenge and is asserted useless, the Commander assigns Rachel a brand new Protector, her father's apprentice, Logan--the similar boy Rachel declared her love for 2 years in the past, and an identical boy who passed her center correct again to her. Left with not anything yet fierce trust in her father's survival, Rachel makes a decision to flee and locate him herself. yet treason opposed to the Commander includes a heavy fee, and what awaits her within the desolate tract may perhaps break her.
At nineteen, Logan McEntire is many stuff. Orphan. Outcast. Inventor. As apprentice to the city's best courier, Logan is concentrated on studying his alternate so he can get away the tyranny of Baalboden. yet his plan by no means incorporated being liable for his mentor's impulsive daughter. Logan is set to guard her, but if his break out plan is going mistaken and Rachel can pay the fee, he realizes he has extra at stake than disappointing Jared.
As Rachel and Logan conflict their approach during the barren region, stalked by means of a monster that can't be killed and a military of assassins out for blood, they realize romance, heartbreak, and a fact that may incite a battle many years within the making.</span>
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