The winner will attain “unimaginable power”-but for the loser, instant death.
Despite their instant attraction, they are doomed to obey ancient tradition and compete in the Crown’s Game. In 1825 the tsar of an alternate Russia desperately needs an Imperial Enchanter, and there are two possible candidates: bold (almost feral) Vika Andreyevna, of aristocratic lineage but raised in humble isolation and fiercely ambitious Nikolai Karimov, born a poor Kazakh orphan but groomed for elegant St. A star-crossed pair is magically compelled to duel to the death in this sumptuous, Tolstoy-flavored fantasy debut.
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