Amber Bell has survived the revolution, but survival has left its mark. On the wild acres of her Northumbrian home, she has built a life among the northern clans, trading food and administering justice in a country still living with the consequences of its collapse.

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She has no wish to be drawn into another struggle for England. Yet the land she belongs to cannot be separated from the world beyond it, and an old friend’s arrival brings that world to her door.

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As conflict gathers, Amber must decide where her loyalties lie, and what she is prepared to do when the fighting reaches home.

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Ezekiel came to England seeking a chance to live. Instead, he finds himself caught in its troubles, forced to question whether his allegiance belongs to a flag or to the people standing beside him.

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Davey knows how to be a soldier. Following orders becomes harder when the people in his sights come from the same town he does.

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Their lives converge as a fractured nation turns against itself. For each of them, the choices are personal, even when the forces shaping those choices are far beyond their control.