Ruthlessness is the only way to survive when your very bloodline makes you a target. Wrenched from their homeland of Wallachia and abandoned by their father in the Ottoman courts, Lada Dragwlya and her gentle younger brother Radu are forced to live as pawns in a deadly political game. Lada embraces her brutal nature, despising her captors and secretly plotting the day she will return home to claim her rightful throne in blood. Radu simply wants a place to belong and feel safe. Their fragile bond is tested when they meet Mehmed, the lonely and defiant son of the sultan. Radu finally finds a true friend, while Lada discovers a passion that challenges her icy heart. But Mehmed is destined to rule the very empire Lada has sworn to destroy. As the three form a complicated and toxic triangle, their loyalties are stretched to the absolute breaking point. Experience a brilliant, vicious, and sweeping historical fantasy where a fierce young woman will do whatever it takes to conquer her world.