Inafallenkingdom,onegirlcarriesthekeytodiscoveringthesecretsofhernation’spast--andunleashingthedemonsthatsleepatitsheart.AnepicfantasyseriesinspiredbythemythologyandfolkloreofancientChina.“PerfectforfansofTheUntamed.Ilovedit!“--ShelleyParker-Chan,bestsellingauthorofSheWhoBecametheSunOnce,Lanhadadifferentname.NowshegoesbytheonetheElantiancolonizersgaveherwhentheyinvadedherkingdom,killedhermother,andoutlawedherpeople’smagic.ShespendshernightsasasonggirlinHaak’gong,acitytransformedbytheconquerors,andherdaysscavengingforwhatshecanfindofthepast.Anythingtounderstandthestrangemarkburnedintoherarmbyhermotherinherlastactbeforeshedied.Themarkismysterious--anuntranslatableHincharacter--andnoonebutLancanseeit.Untilthenightaboyappearsatherteahouseandsavesherlife.Zenisapractitioner--oneofthefabledmagiciansoftheLastKingdom.Theirmagicwasrumoredtohavebeendrawnfromthedemonstheycommunedwith.Magicbelievedtobelonglost.NowitmustbehiddenfromtheElantiansatallcosts.WhenZencomesacrossLan,herecognizeswhatsheis:apractitionerwithapowerfulabilityhiddeninthemarkonherarm.He’sneverseenanythinglikeit--butheknowsthatifthereareanswers,theyliedeepinthepineforestsandmistymountainsoftheLastKingdom,withanorderofpractitioningmastersplanningtooverthrowtheElantianregime.BothLanandZenhavesecretsburieddeepwithin--secretstheymusthidefromothers,andsecretsthattheythemselveshaveyettodiscover.Fatehasconnectedthem,buttheirdestinyremainsunwritten.Bothholdthepowertoliberatetheirland.Andbothholdthepowertodestroytheworld.NowthebattlefortheLastKingdombegins.
