Alliances are broken, betrayal walks in the shadows, and the fate of the world hangs in the balance. This electrifying fantasy series from Victoria Aveyard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Red Queen, is packed with high-voltage action, deadly twists, and the epic story of Realm Breaker—the thrilling start of a saga that continues in Blade Breaker.

Save the world or end it.

A strange darkness is growing in the Ward. Even Corayne an-Amarat can feel it, tucked away in her small town at the edge of the sea. Fate knocks on her door, in the form of a mythical immortal and a lethal assassin, who tell Corayne that she is the last of an ancient lineage—with the power to save the world from destruction.

Because a man who would burn kingdoms to the ground is raising an army unlike any seen before, bent on uprooting the foundations of the world. With poison in his heart and a stolen sword in his hand, he'll break the realm itself to claim it. And only Corayne can stop him. Alongside an unlikely group of reluctant allies, Corayne finds herself on a desperate journey to complete an impossible task, with untold magic singing in her blood and the fate of the world on her shoulders.