War rages,loyalties are testedand love is more perilous than ever in this thrilling and eagerly awaited sequel to the breakout hit METAL SLINGER. * This stunning luxe edition includes a jacketed printed case with custom character artfull-color designed endpapersgilded edges and foiled cover elements. While supplies last! * ItΓÇÖs been four years since Jovie betrayed Ackerfracturing their relationship. Her decision to take King EdmondΓÇÖs magicsparing his life at AckerΓÇÖs requesthas sparked a brutal war. The Kenta and Strou forces ally against the Roison and Alahawith Maile perched dangerously on the edge of their battles. Jovie is determined to keep the innocent Maile people from a conflict she helped startΓÇöeven if it means suppressing the Matching Bond and sacrificing any hope of repairing her relationship with Acker. Yetvisions of him continue to haunt her dreams. Acker is resigned to aid in his fatherΓÇÖs war while in an arranged marriage with a wife who detests him. Though still pained by JovieΓÇÖs deceptionhe canΓÇÖt stop his thoughts from turning to her. And Acker has found a way to slip into JovieΓÇÖs dreams despite her attempts to stifle the Matching Bond. There he watches hertorn between his loyalties and desire. When he discovers the chilling reason behind the return of his father’s magicas well as EdmondΓÇÖs dangerous new allianceAcker must finally decide which war he wants to fight: the one for his king or the one for his heart.


