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Empire. Revolution. Magic.

Gerrit is the son of Bourshkanya’s Supreme-General. Despite his powerful storm-affinity and the State’s best training, he can’t control his magic. To escape the brutal consequences, he flees.

Celka is a travelling circus performer, hiding both her link to the underground and her storm-affinity from the prying eyes of the secret police. But Gerrit’s arrival threatens to expose everything: her magic, her family, and the people they protect.

The storms have returned, and everything will change.

“A sweeping epic of romance, revolution, elegant strangeness, and elemental magic.” -- Jason Heller

“Tense, timely, and crackling with urgent energy. I guarantee that by the end of the book, you will be looking for your own resistance to join... or to start.” -- Premee Mohamed

“An electrifying debut (pardon the pun) that infuses magical resistance with a Russian flair. You bet I’ll be reading the sequel when it comes out.”
— Lightspeed Magazine

"Focused and honed as a lightning strike, beautifully balanced and directed." -- Seanan McGuire

Corry L. Lee is an author, PhD physicist, award-winning science teacher, data geek, and mom. In PhD research at Harvard, she shed light on the universe fractions of a second after the Big Bang. At Amazon, she connected science to technology, improving the customer experience through online experimentation. She’s currently obsessed with nordic skiing, yoga, and delicious coffee. A transplant to Seattle, Washington from sunny Colorado, she is learning to embrace rainy days.