Publisher's Synopsis
Daughter of conqueror and conquered, Aurora is the princess of a troubled land that dreams of liberty. Her people are starving for freedom from the oppressive foreign power that has taken root, and Aurora would make it her life mission to restore the autonomy of her Kingdom, if only she weren't cursed to prick her finger on a spindle and fall into an enchanted slumber the day she turns seventeen.The Beast stalks the fields, leaving them barren as winter approaches. The people anticipate a hunger deeper than it has ever been before. A Fae thing crawls up from the Nether to dance and a raven knows more than it should.In the streets of Sentra, deviants gather in secret, a second revolution simmering as they don carnival masks and yearn for a life outside the shadows.Daughter of conquerer and conquered, Briar is a peasant with an extraordinary gift for magic. Granted the title of Royal Magician and transported from her beloved ocean town, Briar is tasked with breaking princess Aurora's curse. But she finds the princess to be different from what she expected, and finds herself dragged into a life of subterfuge and arms races, murder and magic. This story has been told across centuries.
