If there’s anything you can glean from this post, it’s that this book is an amazing escape from every day life under this pandemic. I finished this book weeks ago and I’ve only now managed to write anything resembling a review. Quarantine brain has me feeling some type of way. I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Does he save the man who’s won his heart and trust that Gal’s goodness could transform the empire? Or does he throw his lot in with the brewing rebellion and fight to take back what’s rightfully theirs? As they piece together a way to deliver Gal safely to his throne, Ettian finds himself torn in half by an impossible choice. Ettian barely manages to save his best friend and flee the compromised Academy unscathed, rattled both that Gal stands to inherit the empire that broke him and that there are still people willing to fight back against Umber rule.

Even better, he’s met Gal Veres–his exasperating and infuriatingly enticing roommate who’s made the Academy feel like a new home.īut when dozens of classmates spring an assassination plot on Gal, a devastating secret comes to light: Gal is the heir to the Umber Empire.

He’s spent seven years putting himself back together under its rule, joining an Umber military academy and becoming the best pilot in his class. A young pilot risks everything to save his best friend–the man he trusts most and might even love–only to learn that he’s secretly the heir to a brutal galactic empire.Įttian Nassun’s life was shattered when the merciless Umber Empire invaded.

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