What if the only way to freedom lay behind enemy lines?

Primarius Morgrum, a wicked, determined dictator, will stop at nothing to control the Southern Kingdoms. His primary weapon? Taking children from their families.

Laris Morningstar faces what every sixteen-year-old in Kersai’s Southern Kingdoms dreads – conscription into the Primarian military academy, Burkut. After five years, no one had returned. Despair weighs on the people of Kessel as Primarians impress more children each summer.

Laris’ father, Thuban left their hometown of Kessel after the murder of the king, and Primarians accuse him of being the killer. Laris learns of a prophecy that points to someone who will free her people – the North Star.

On the hunt to find her father, Laris discovers the prophecy is about her. As the North Star, she must lead an uprising from within the military academy to save her family and her kingdom. But how?

Readers will love the intrigue, action, and twists in this clean young adult fantasy coming 202.