


But Kestrel quickly learns that the price she paid for Arin is much higher than she ever could have imagined. It’s not long before she finds herself falling in love with Arin, and he seems to feel the same for her. Despite her skills in military strategy, Kestrel’s real passion is music.Which is why she feels compelled to buy Arin, a slave with a talent for singing, at auction. Here, a girl like Kestrel has two choices: join the military or get married. Seventeen-year-old Kestrel is an aristocratic citizen of Valoria, a vast empire that revels in war and enslaves those it conquers. In the tradition of Kristin Cashore and Cassandra Clare comes this brilliant, unputdownable, star-crossed romance about the curse of winning. Published by Farrar Straus & Giroux on March 4, 2014
