![]() ![]() Throughout The Unbroken, the first book in C.L. ![]() ![]() She encounters revenants from her past, as well as types of magic that the nobles of Balladaire have denied but that Touraine and her comrades know to be horrifyingly real. When Touraine foils an assassination attempt against Luca Ancier, the princess of Balladaire, Touraine is hurled headlong into a whirlwind of intrigue, romance and rebellion. Her best friend yearns for revolution, her lover for safety, and Touraine herself for success, for a chance to prove her worth and the worth of her fellow fighters to their Balladairan overlords. Her commanding officer is a woman both respected and feared for her single-minded devotion to the throne and pragmatic brutality. Her immediate superior is a noble-born sadist who denigrates her and her companions any chance he gets. ![]() They've recently been deployed to El-Wast, the capital of Qazāl and Touraine’s own hometown. Kidnapped as a small child from her homeland-once the Shāzan Empire, now the colony of Qazāl-she was forced into service in the Colonial Brigade of Balladaire, serving alongside others who, like her, were seized from their native desert lands. ![]()
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