A Stolen Life. A Forgotten City. A Queen Forged in Fire.

Dana Po was a survivor long before she became a legend. Rescued from the horrors of a Flatown tailhouse, she spent years rebuilding her soul within the safe walls of the Kellis Academy. But the ghosts of her past-and the mysterious death of a childhood friend refuse to let her stay in the shadows.

When Dana sets out into the treacherous western mountains to uncover the truth, she expects an adventure. She doesn't expect to be hunted.

Separated from her companion and lost in a frozen wilderness, Dana finds herself among the "Midnight Crays"-a desperate people driven from their mountain home by a bloodthirsty despot. They are a people without a leader, waiting for a spark to ignite a revolution.

In the heart of the peaks, Dana must transform from a rescued girl into a warrior-monarch. To save her friend and reclaim a stolen city, she will lead an army of outcasts back to the gates of Calaria.

The mountains have a new ruler. And she's coming for her crown.