An instant New York Times bestseller! This limited special edition will feature stunning sprayed edges,available only for the first print run! Forbidden magic. Secret romance. Dangerous alliances. Enter the world of New York Times bestselling author Brigid Kemmerer’s electrifying series. When nineteen-year-old Tychothe King’s Courierarrives in the remote village of Briarlockhe hopes to escape the demands of his new life in the royal courtwhere magic reigns for the first time in ages. He doesn’t expect to fall for a handsome blacksmith with a bruised heart. After years of cruelty in his father’s forgeJax never dared to dream of a better life–until a magic-wielding young lord shows him an enticing alternative. But when rumors of a rebellion reach BriarlockJax wonders who he can trust–and if he’ll even survive. Jax’s best friendCallyndoesn’t trust anyone–especially not a handsome stranger with magicwhich killed her parents years ago. When another royal emissary arrivesseeing a co-conspiratorCallyn finds herself embroiled in a plot that could lead them all to ruin. . . As tensions flare throughout the kingdomit won’t be long before everyone must choose a side. War is brewing. Passions are building. And magic may doom–or save–them all.