After an apocalyptic event left the world in ruin, the surviving nation of Evrópa returns to the reverence of ancestral magic gifted by the gods.Seventeen-year-old Larissa Daldóttir has little time to dwell on such folklore—not with a monthly produce quota to meet and an illegal second-born sister to hide. But when Larissa is mistaken to be in league with the resistance against the Empress, she must flee. Running from both her past and the Empress, Larissa is caught between a dangerous struggle prophesied by the Fates. In a race to find the resistance before the Empress finds her, Larissa unintentionally unravels secrets of her history that not only unhinge the stability of the crown but her very life.
When the goddesses of fate pull the strings, survival comes at a cost . . .With her memories returned, Larissa is expected to lead the rebellion in a war against Empress Shiko based on a prophecy the Norn told her mother decades ago. Only Larissa was never told the entire prophecy, and the Empress’ War Dog is already hunting her. To save her kingdom and her sister Halla, who’s been captured by slavers, Larissa will answer the Fates’ call. Accompanied by Darien, who is torn between his kingdom and his heart, along with Anara, who must ally with an unlikely enemy, Larissa will do whatever it takes to liberate her people, even if it costs her soul.Survive or be destroyed by the strangling threads of prophecy and fate in this YA dystopian fantasy.