Marilia, the master strategist, overlooked by virtue of her sex, is determined to prove her worth to the empire's leaders and to carve out a future for herself with the woman she loves...even if she has to fight tooth and nail for every step of ground.
Annuweth, her twin brother, one of the empire's most talented swordsmen, refuses to live in the shadow of his sister—or to accept second place in their father's heart.
As civil war threatens to tear the empire apart and the death count spirals out of control, both twins will be led inexorably towards a reckoning that could cost them everything.