Revna, the only magicless member of her royal family, has long been dismissed as a disgrace—but when her dearest friends are threatened, she’s willing to risk everything to save them. Rejecting an arranged marriage, she enters the deadly Bloodshed Trials to claim the throne. But before she can fight, she’s kidnapped by the feared Hellbringer, the enemy kingdom’s brutal general. Though he can rip souls apart with ease, Revna senses a flicker of humanity beneath his fearsome power—and discovers that others may be pulling strings to place her on the throne for their own hidden agendas.