Having won the Ackmanlee, Briatta embarks on Operation Desert Rose to earn her place amongst the people of Belrune.

Working with a new team in a new city, she is confident she will successfully infiltrate Kalaiden’s ranks and stop the activists once and for all.

But King Novak has not always been honest, and Briatta’s Ardor must remain a secret—despite growing closer to the handsome Weiler leading their operation.

As Briatta discovers uncomfortable truths that challenge everything she’s ever known, the lines between Belrune’s heroes and enemies become blurred, and she doesn’t know who she can trust.

When a betrayal forces Briatta to ask the hardest questions of all, she must decide if she’s on the wrong side of history…and what she’ll risk to right it.