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Nearly two decades have passed since the barrier between our world and the Otherworld crumbled during the devastating Fae Wars. Now, Budapest stands precariously on the edge, caught in an escalating struggle for power between the elite fae and privileged humans of Eastern Europe. Tensions simmer dangerously beneath the surface, threatening to erupt into full-scale violence.

At nineteen years old, Brexley has grown up amidst comfort and privilege, yet her life hasn’t been without tragedy. After losing her parents, she finds shelter under the care of General Markos, within a fortified city dominated by ruthless politics and brutal power struggles. But her world is shattered one fateful night when Brexley is violently thrust into the East’s most notorious prison—Halalhaz, also known as the House of Death—where inmates enter, but rarely leave alive.

Surrounded by the very worst human and fae criminals, Brexley quickly learns that survival depends on alliances, and hierarchy places humans firmly at the bottom of the prison’s brutal pecking order.

Within these forbidding walls, she encounters Warwick Farkas, a figure of dangerous legend. Brutal, ruthless, arrogant, and undeniably captivating, Warwick rules the inmates without mercy or challenge. Unable to deny her magnetic attraction to him, Brexley knows that pursuing it could become her greatest—and final—mistake.

But escaping Warwick’s pull is the least of her worries. For now, she must prepare for The Games, a deadly arena challenge where victory means survival, and defeat results in certain death.