[Crown of Blood 06] • Hearts & Minds

All odds are against the Light-Bearer fulfilling the Dmitri Curse.

Axel’s attempt to rally an army to march against Emperor Lukan Avanov has failed. His only hope is to smuggle Nicholas into the palace undetected. No easy task when the palace is crawling with guardsmen programmed to die protecting their emperor. But Axel has come too far and sacrificed too much to let Lukan and his empire win.

Although Nicholas has finally been reunited with his family, he has never been more alone. An ice crystal monitors his every thought. High risk, he is left in the dark as plans are made for the final attack on his father, Lukan. Yet it is up to him to kill Lukan if the world is ever to know peace. And now the one ally he has trusted to help him in his grisly task is called into question.

Was the Dmitri Curse truly to bring down the Avanov family and to restore peace to the world? Or has Nicholas the Light Bearer been nothing more than a pawn in a high-stakes game of revenge?

Find the answer in the action-packed, heart-wrenching pages of Hearts Minds, the final book in the steampunk fantasy Crown of Blood series by New York Times bestselling author Gwynn White.