Steel Crow Saga

The end of an empire has not brought an end to its enemies. Soldier Tala must escort Prince Jimuro home through a world scarred by the violence his people inflicted on hers. Elsewhere, a princess hiding behind a detective’s persona sees the fugitive prince as a route to securing her own future. Xiulan recruits the thief Lee, offering a reward that makes refusal difficult and a partnership Lee finds increasingly hard to leave. Magical bonds with animal companions shape both warfare and everyday power, but a killer appears capable of breaking their rules. Four people with incompatible histories are drawn into the same conflict. Their alliances—and the attraction between Xiulan and Lee—must survive a peace as complicated as the war before it.