Firstborn

Bryn is about to face the Trial of the Long Night. As the firstborn, she has spent her entire life training to fight in Durst’s civil war against the arcanists—sorcerers who have threatened her country for decades. The only thing standing between her and graduation is a death. By dawn, Bryn’s hands will be stained with blood. But when she uncovers a plot to kidnap third-born children, Bryn must decide whether her little sister is truly in danger or if this is merely a ploy to distract her before the trial. Her quest for the truth leads her to ally with Ash—a bastard, the son of traitors. Bryn soon discovers that nothing is more dangerous than the desire she refuses to acknowledge. As she unravels the lies she has believed all her life, she faces a choice: her country or her family? Her sister or her future?