Two stars crossed. Two souls bound. When Lyanndra, a Starless maiden disguised as a knight, fells the cruel Demigod king in a fiery battle, she earns the title of the Godslayer and rises up as a folk hero among her people. But when a curse binds her to the king's son, Syran, Lyanndra finds herself engaged in a bloody war for her freedom. Trapped in the palace of the Demigods, Lyanndra rages against the cruel fate of the stars. But even as she's drawn ever deeper into Syran's burning orbit, a terrible plot unfolds in the opulent corridors of the palace. Lyanndra is forced to choose between her hatred and her heart before the whispers of treason lay waste to the kingdom and her freedom is lost to her forever.