"Years have passed since the great miracle atop Mount Aida ... a miracle known as the Covenant of Avelyn. Corona is a different place. Avelyn is about to be elevated to saint-hood by the very church that once proclaimed him a heretic. And King Danube has asked Jilseponie Wyndon, the outlaw hero of the Demon War, to become his queen."--Jacket. Years have passed since the great miracle atop Mount Aida -- a miracle known as the Covenant of Avelyn. Corona...

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From his usurped throne in Ursal, Aydrian, son of former queen Jilseponie, attempts to conquer the entire world of Corona. Even Aydrian does not fully understand what drives his ambition, the guiding voices he first heard from the shadow of Oracle, or the truth of his birth in the elven land—before it was stained and mortally threatened...