In the Sacred Empire of Vollachia, largest of the Four Great Nations, thestrong rise to
the top and the weak sink to the bottom. No one is exempt fromthis ironclad
mandate-not even the Emperor. Prisca Benedict, a discerningmember of the Vollachian
royal family, is still but a child when she isthrust into the Emperor Selection Ceremony
to determine her father'ssuccessor. Now, she must face off against her own siblings in
a battle forthe crown...where only one of them can make it out alive.