Rook and Dagger

Résumé

A grifter.

An unavoidable draft.

A case of mistaken identity.

Life was never easy for Alier. Her teeth were sharpened by hardships and she could bite down to the bone. She thought smuggling corpses from her village would be as difficult as life could get…

Until her coin pocket ran short.

Until death’s crow landed on her doorstep in the shape of plague that stole her parents from her.

Until she was left alone to be the sole caretaker for an older brother hellbent on his own ruin.

Until a letter arrives from the King, demanding one soldier from each household.

Forced to answer the King’s demands, she finds herself living a lie and taking on the name and knighthood of her elder brother. In a land of serpent tongues and riddles, Alier finds herself face to face with a Fae princeling that could unveil her secret identity.

War brews both outside the castle walls and within Alier’s heart as she fights for her right to stay…because giving up would mean certain death.