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Exiled to the northern wastes by her own father, Princess Aella of Therasia discovers a dormant power within herself at Blackstone Gorge—the Azure Phoenix Flame, the bane of the monstrous Wights. Forged in battle alongside the rugged Northern Lord Reyne, she transforms from a cast-out royal into a legendary warrior. Her ultimate triumph sees her ascend as the Supreme Queen of Ancient Valyria. When the southern nobles who betrayed her stand before the Sacred Court once more, it is Aella, clad in black and gold, the Thorned Dragon-Nest Crown upon her brow, who looks down upon them all from her throne.
