In an unconventional plot, the queen enlists four criminals to conceal her role in the kingdom’s fall. There are only two options: obey or forfeit their lives. However, when they steal an infant child in the night and destroy his family, they quickly realize how flimsy the queen’s justice really is. By then, it's too late, and both the child and the adults are ensnared in the queen's realm.
The infant, Sonder, is the last known descendant of a blessing given by The Goddess of Stars. He becomes the queen’s ward to continue his father’s bloody legacy. Growing up alongside him is a Lorist Princess named Rhianwyn, who is similarly held captive. Despite the joy they find as children, they grow to realize they’ve become ensnared in a war against their lineages.
Standing between them and the queen’s ambitions is the last living knight of an order sworn to protect the Goddess’s blessing, and the queen’s right hand. When he discovers a sliver of truth, he convinces the four to defy the queen to protect the children. But when the lines blur between who they were and who they can become in her shadow, their alliance frays. They grapple with what it means to be good when they're the villains bearing the torches rewriting the kingdom's history.
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Michelle is a Merchant Mariner by the demands of her bank account, and an eclectic creative every waking moment otherwise.Nearly every story idea of hers is woven while traversing the Rocky Mountains or driving through the Western United States. While travel is in her bones, the US has proven an incredible muse. Her travel goals are to drive down the Baja peninsula and then up the Pacific Coast Highway until it ends.Michelle's debut novel, Price of Innocence, is an idea that has steeped for many years. A nod to her love of fantasy and her childhood desire to read a story that didn't exist. Her travels, mistakes, and trials have tempered her, which the story so badly needed. It's a book filled with similar trials and moments of friendship, even though the story is from the villains' perspective.
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - In a kingdom reshaped by the will of a queen, loyalty is an armor stronger than any steel.To tighten her power, the queen enlists four criminals-outcasts bound not by oaths, but desperation -to carry out her most ruthless designs. Their first task: steal an infant heir to a goddess's magic, and a princess. Two children fated to become her wards and weapons. Despite the joy the pair find together, they're torn from innocence, realizing they're growing up in a world where loyalty is corrupted, and friendships are chains.Only one man stands between the queen and her triumph: a knight once sworn to protect the infant's legacy, now bound to her service by shattered vows. When he uncovers a fragment of the truth, he makes a desperate choice-turning to the very criminals who bear the torches breaking the realm.But redemption comes at a cost. To defy the queen, these unwilling allies must reckon with the blood on their hands, and decide whether they are capable of being heroes. when they may already be the kingdom's destroyers.Dark, sweeping, and deeply human, Price of Innocence is a story of shattered vows, stolen childhoods, and the fragile line between ruin and redemption. Seller Inventory # 9798986676128
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