theodosia was six when her country was invaded and her mother the fire queen was murdered before her eyes on that day the kaiser took theodosias family her land and her name theo was crowned ash princessa title of shame to bear in her new life as a prisonerfor ten years theo has been a captive in her own palace shes endured the relentless abuse and ridicule of the kaiser and his court she is powerless surviving in her new world only by burying the girl she was deep insidethen one night the kaiser forces her to do the unthinkable with blood on her hands and all hope of reclaiming her throne lost she realizes that surviving is no longer enough but she does have a weapon her mind is sharper than any sword and power isnt always won on the battlefieldfor ten years the ash princess has seen her land pillaged and her people enslaved that all ends here