Touraine and her soldiers are also called “The Sands,” a derogatory term for the kidnapped Qazali children that are forced into the Balladairan military. In fact, her main ambition is to be promoted to captain just like her mentor and leader, General Cantic. However, she no longer knows this life, these people, and doesn’t really relate with them at first. She returns to Qazal, the land where she was stolen from to find that it’s in turmoil with a rebel group trying to take back the land from the colonizers. There’s a lot in that story itself to unpack.
Touraine is a soldier who was kidnapped as a child and forced into the Balladairan army. There’s two main characters that play intricate components of the story, but I felt like one had more attention than the other.
Honestly, this book really blew me away with its intense storytelling, the development of its characters, and there’s even a sapphic romance and some magic! What more can anyone ask for? However, it’s not just about the political fantasy, but it’s also about the characters that are tasked to protect the colony, the rebels who try to fight against the colonizers, and the soldiers slung between the two worlds. This was such a fantastic book and I honestly don’t know how to approach writing this review! It’s a heavy political fantasy about a small country called Qazal and the Balladairan colonists who inhabit the space. But some things aren’t for sale.įind it on Amazon | Find it on My thoughts Through assassinations and massacres, in bedrooms and war rooms, Touraine and Luca will haggle over the price of a nation.
Someone who can sway the rebels toward peace, while Luca focuses on what really matters: getting her uncle off her throne. Someone desperate enough to tiptoe the bayonet’s edge between treason and orders. But now, her company has been sent back to her homeland to stop a rebellion, and the ties of blood may be stronger than she thought. Stolen as a child and raised to kill and die for the empire, her only loyalty is to her fellow conscripts.
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