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On the night he attained his Black Robes, when Arram Draper had planned to take the name Numair Salmalín and flee Carthak - and his increasingly unstable emperor and lover, Ozorne - forever, he instead chose to stay. Numair Salmalín became a lost figment of his past, someone he now knew he'd never become, not in this life. Devastated by years of acting as Carthak's battlemage, Arram obeys the twin leashes of love and duty to capture for his emperor the family of an enemy king: Queen Thayet of Tortall and her two eldest children, Roald and Kalasin.
Daine Sarrasri, who owes Tortall his mother's life, enters a pact with a God to save his home from Carthak's incursions, trading his freedom for the crown prince's life. He's willing to risk everything to save his people, pitting his wild magic against the terrifying Gift of one of the most powerful mages in the world. Never once does Daine suspect that his captor is just as caged as he is - and never once does he suspect that, before the end, he'll be willing to risk everything to save Arram too.
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22 Feb 2022