<p><b>Enter the world of Sparta as you've never experienced it before with the much-anticipated dark romantasy based on the myth of Helen of Troy, from </b><i>USA Today </i><b>bestselling author C.R. Jane.</b><br /><br /><b><i>Sparta is dying.</i></b><br /><br />Gods once ruled the land, until King Menelaus cast them out and crowned himself in their place. Now drought scorches the earth, and a mysterious affliction steals the breath from the living, while defiance is answered with blood.<br /><br />When the king resurrects the ancient trials meant to choose his queen, Helena becomes her dying village's only hope. Marked by a terrible beauty, she steps forward not for glory - but for survival. But beauty alone cannot save her from a crown stolen from the gods.<br /><br />Alone in a dangerous court, Helena must decide whom to trust: Achilles, a legendary warrior bound to the throne by blood and oath, or a mysterious prisoner bearing forbidden magics and long-buried. One guards her cage. The other whispers how to escape it. And one of them is lying. If Helena chooses wrong, Sparta will not simply fall. It will kneel.<br /><br />With the fate of her people resting on her shoulders, Helena must claim the throne of Sparta - or be destroyed by it.<br /><br />'The love is tangled, the danger is mounting, and this fantasy romance will captivate you from the very first page' <b>RAVEN KENNEDY</b></p>