MERCYBLADE

**She was trained to kill the king. She was never meant to fall for him.**

For eleven years, Nyra has been shaped by the Hollow Order into a weapon.

After her village is burned and her family is taken from her, she is promised one purpose: become the blade that makes the Sunless King pay. Now that purpose has finally come.

Her mission is simple. Assume the identity of Lady Elara Varrow, a hostage bride sent to the king's court. Enter Nightspire. Earn the king's trust. Then drive the legendary Mercyblade into his heart.

But the Sunless King is nothing like the monster Nyra was taught to expect.

Dravan is young, calculating, and terrifyingly perceptive. He notices the smallest inconsistencies—the calluses on her hands, the way she moves, the instincts she cannot hide. And the closer Nyra gets to him, the harder it becomes to separate the man behind the crown from the tyrant she was ordered to destroy.

As secrets buried beneath the kingdom begin to surface, Nyra discovers that the darkness surrounding the throne is far older and more dangerous than she imagined. The Order that raised her may not have told her the whole truth. And the king she came to assassinate may be fighting a war of his own.

Now Nyra faces an impossible choice:

Complete the mission that has defined her entire life—or question everything she has ever believed.

Because in a kingdom without sunlight, the most dangerous weapon may not be the blade in her hand.

It may be the truth.