As the king of Belarus raises an army of creatures unknown to this realm, will Aelin Morgenstern, the Silent Slayer, outface the odds and save everyone from an evil like none this world has seen or will she surrender to his royal higness once her horrors are stripped free? •First book in the Phlegethon Series• While Aelin plays a game of fate and death with the queen of Earth, for a pendant that holds the key to all the caged terrors. Will she ally with princess of Ethopia and her Fae court or will her selfish needs push her to use the Fae beings for her own ploys? Aelin clashes with her past and sights for her future, but will she play right into the Queen's trap or will she pierce her way through it? Each turn brings her closer to an undeniable truth but one wrong move could raise hell, from the deepest, darkest parts. After all it is a game of thrones and kings and queens and pawns.