A breathtaking, standalone romantic fantasy by Sunday Times bestselling Sue Lynn Tan, of a young ruler who must challenge a powerful god to protect her kingdom, set in the world of Daughter of the Moon Goddess.

Liyen, the heir to the mortal kingdom of Tianxia, has been taught that her most important duty is to serve the immortal Queen of the Golden Desert, who rescued them from the shadowy Wuxin. Since then, Tianxia was bound in service to the immortals. But when her grandfather steals a magical flower from the queen to cure Liyen from a vicious poison, the powerful God of War is sent to attack Tianxia, plunging it into chaos.

Upon her grandfather’s death, Liyen ascends a precarious throne, vowing to end the queen’s harsh reign over her people. When Liyen is summoned to the Immortal Realm to pledge her allegiance, she seizes the opportunity to seek her people’s freedom—learning the immortals’ secrets and trying to win the support of the God of War who both terrifies and intrigues her. As their tenuous alliance draws them closer, she fights the dangerous attraction that ignites between them, threatening to reveal the unsettling fact that the God of War might not be as heartless he is rumoured to be … nor is she as ruthless as she needs to become.

They are of two worlds, though, so Liyen seizes an opportunity to flee back to Tianxia, resolved to sever all ties with the immortals. However, the God of War is unwilling to surrender, pursuing her across the heavens. With darker forces closing in and treachery spinning its web of deceit, Liyen must once again forge a bond with her enemy to save her people from an unspeakable nightmare…and to fight for a love that she cannot forget, before it is lost forever.