Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. She's at last returned to rescue her once glorious kingdom to confront the shadows of her past, but before she can reclaim her throne, she must fight. She will fight for her cousin. She will fight for her friend. And she will fight for her people, enslaved to a brutal King and awaiting their lost Queen's triumphant return.
 
Packed with heart-pounding action, Celaena's story builds to a passionate, agonising crescendo that might just shatter her world.