Shield of Sparrows - Shield of Sparrows

'If you're not terrified, you're doing it wrong.'

Long ago, the gods unleashed monsters upon the five kingdoms of Calandra to remind us that humans are insignificant that we must pray to the gods for mercy throughout our fragile, fleeting lives.

I didnt need a deity to remind me I was powerless.

Being a princess had never been more than a performance twenty-three years of empty titles and hollow traditions.

Until the day an infamous monster hunter sailed to our shores. The day a prince walked into my fathers throne room and ruined my life.

The day I married a stranger, signed a magical treaty, and set off across the continent to the most treacherous kingdom in all the realm.

That was the day I learned that not all myths are make-believe. That lies and legends are often the same.

And that the only way to kill the monsters we fear was to become one . . .