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After twelve years of captivity under the cruel Aurora King, a young woman named Lor is unexpectedly released into the custody of his rival, the Sun King. She finds herself entered into a competition against nine other Tributes vying to become queen, with freedom and a chance at revenge as the prize for winning. As an outsider who does not belong in the trials and does not understand why she was freed, Lor faces hostility from the other competitors while the stakes remain deadly: losing means death or a return to her former captor.

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