The third novel in Jennifer L. Armentrout's Blood and Ash series opens with Poppy and Prince Casteel newly bound to one another and immediately pulled away from the life they wanted. Before either can rest, they set out to free Casteel's captive brother and to find Poppy's — a journey with consequences neither of them anticipated.
What waits at the end of it is a birthright Poppy never asked for. She is the Chosen, the Blessed: the blood of the King of Gods runs in her, and the crown and kingdom of Atlantia are hers by right. Having spent her whole life being told what she is and what she may do, Poppy must now decide whether to forsake the throne or seize it and become the Queen of Flesh and Fire.
Standing against her are an Atlantian court that does not want her, a revolt led from inside it, and the Ascended queen of Solis, who has waited centuries to set her own plans in motion. The book carries Poppy from the Atlantian capital into Iliseeum, the lands of the gods, and closes on a revelation that reframes the war the series has been building toward.