Beautiful and nightmarish,this fantasy debut inspired by the historical Three Kingdoms of Korea follows a crown princess' journey to understand her dark powers and save her kingdom.


Mirae is the crown princess of the kingdom of Silla, heir apparent to the magic that blesses women in her bloodline. With the nation on the edge of war and Mirae's mother dying of a mysterious wasting sickness that makes her magic deadly and unpredictable, Mirae is hurried through her magical initiation, readied to take her mother's place. But something goes wrong before Mirae can inherit the throne...


Flames and death and a monster even the gods fear is unleashed, and Mirae's beloved brother is kidnapped. The only power at her disposal is an incredibly volatile one: the ability to switch with herself in time.


Armed with the clues her future self can give her, and a promise to change nothing in the past, she sets out on a journey through a mythical land of chilling creatures and vindictive enemies to save her brother and stop a war thousands of years in the making.