Hexborn. Abomination. Unclean. Young Shiloh knows exactly what she is. She just refuses to let that stop her. Her illness might make her an outcast, but her broken body hides great magical power. The king's ruthless fixer, Silas, seeks to use that power to preserve the uneasy peace the kingdom has enjoyed since the end of the Siblings' War. Silas hauls Shiloh from her mountain village to the Royal Academy of Mages, where sorcery and court intrigue conspire to create danger around every corner. Can this child of war save the peace? Or will old sins rise to threaten Shiloh, Silas, and the kingdom of Bryn?