About the book: 2020 / Ghosts speak to Eileen Revengar, but they cannot tell her what choice to make. She is a lady, but she abandoned her lineage, a mage, but she ran away from the Academy, someone else’s bride, but she left her groom to save... just a friend? Neither the burning capital nor the demons in the Academy are afraid of Lord Protector Gregor Bastellero. But Eileen disappeared along with the last of the Dorwenn family, doomed to death to save the kingdom. Only one can return from this journey, and Gregor will have to choose between the son of a dead friend and his only love..