In a brutal society where secondborns are seized by the government and forced into military servitude, eighteen-year-old Roselle faces her Transition Day with shocking indifference from her own mother—but everything changes when a single act of mercy on the battlefield marks her as a traitor to the state. Thrust into the bloodiest rebellion in history alongside fellow conscripts who resent her privileged upbringing, Roselle discovers an unexpected connection with Hawthorne Trugrave that challenges everything she thought she understood about loyalty and power. As her choices ripple through the Fates Republic and threaten to unravel the society's rigid order, Roselle must decide whether to accept the destiny chosen for her or risk everything—including her heart—to forge her own path. This is a sweeping, character-driven story about finding your voice in a system designed to silence you and discovering that love might be the most radical act of rebellion.

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