For Malik, the Solstasia festival is a chance to escape his war-stricken home and start a new life with his sisters in the prosperous desert city of Ziran. But when a vengeful spirit abducts Malik’s younger sister, Nadia, as payment into the city, Malik strikes a fatal deal—kill Karina, Crown Princess of Ziran, for Nadia’s freedom. But Karina has deadly aspirations of her own. Her mother, the Sultana, has been assassinated; her court threatens mutiny; and Solstasia looms like a knife over her neck. Grief-stricken, Karina decides to resurrect her mother through ancient magic . . . requiring the beating heart of a king. And she knows just how… Read more.
Trigger and Content Warnings
- Racism & racial slurs
- Emotional & physical child abuse
- Infidelity mentioned
- Anxiety & panic attack (on-page, protagonist)
- Depersonalisation & derealization
- Hallucinations
- Self-harm & self-harm ideation
- Alcohol consumption
- Emesis
- Blood depiction
- Grief & loss depiction (theme)
- Death of a father & sister recounted
- Death of a mother (on-page)
- Murder & attempted murder and regicide
- Police brutality
- Whipping mentioned
- Knife violence & stabbing
- Kidnapping & hostage situation
- Fire recounted
- Colonialism themes, including refugee experiences, riots & stampede
- Animal cruelty & death, including animal sacrifice
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