The ice moves for no one, the trees do not answer, and the Svall obeys no master.

Thalon was born to fight. A warrior, a selkie, a daughter of the Dread One herself. For years, she’s trained for the Dusk Trials—a brutal competition that could be her one chance to leave behind a life of grueling labor and earn a place aboard one of the legendary Duskingr airships. But the Trials are only the beginning.

Victory does not come clean. The game is rigged, the sponsors corrupt, and the selkie way of life is slipping through the cracks. Worse, her own body is beginning to betray her, and no amount of training has prepared her for what comes next.

Nothing in this world bends easily. The odds are stacked against her, and the path ahead is nothing but locked doors and closed fists. But Thalon has never let anyone—man, woman, or god—decide her fate.

The ice moves for no one—but it’s never met Thalon.

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