She was raised in a palace built on lies. Now she must decide if she's ready to burn it down.In the kingdom of Alinora, magic is a weapon of control, and 26-year-old Princess Ciara has become her father's sharpest tool. Trained to deceive, she plays the role of the spoiled royal - masking her sharp mind and darker truths to protect her people and the only person she cares about. But when whispers of a long-buried rebellion begin to rise and the cracks in her father's rule widen, Ciara finds herself caught in a dangerous game of secrets and power.As strange surges of magic awaken within her and a prophecy she was never meant to fulfill begins to take shape, Ciara must navigate fragile alliances and unravel the lies she was raised on - before the kingdom she was born to inherit collapses from within.