num_pages: 420
description: Homecomings are never easy.Following months of being absent from her world, Z has returned, but she isn’t the same person she used to be. As she struggles to readjust to the people she knew, Midestol strikes at the heart of the Alliance, overthrowing the kingdoms she needs united from within.Worse, the cost of awakening the Shades strikes, and Z finds herself out of the conflict before it’s even underway. Knowing she cannot now surrender to the magic she called to awaken the Shades, Z struggles to find a path that doesn’t end in her immediate demise. Unfortunately, the only possible escape requires a sacrifice she’s never been willing to make.And in the distance, without her, her allies struggle to defeat Midestol’s forces in one of the few kingdoms still within its ruler’s grasp. Forbidden from joining them until her condition is stable, Z finds herself in the company of her last remaining family member, a man she never wanted to know.The biggest danger, however, might not come from Midestol, as the Alliance is upheld by both mortal and immortal powers, not all of whom were delighted with its revival. With threats emerging from all sides, Z resigns herself to the possibility of losing more of her allies. Blood, after all, is the currency of war, and even the greatest of fighters can fall.
language: English
title: The Price of Survival