For fans of Sorcery of Thorns and Furyborn comes the thrilling sequel to Shielded about a world in a deadly magical war and the newly crowned king and feisty princess who must defeat the deadliest of foes before there's nothing left to save.Although King Atháren's sister, Jennesara, saved Hálendi from the Gray Mage, the reprieve came at a steep price—the life of their father. Now Ren rules over a divided kingdom, with some who want him dead, and a Medallion that warns of worse trouble brewing in the south. As second born, Princess Chiara is the perfect Turian royal—perfectly invisible. She longs to help restore peace on the Plateau, but with no magic and no fighting skills, she doesn't stand a chance against a mage. So when a member of the Turian royal family goes missing and Chiara finds a clue about the rumored resting place of the mages' long-lost artifacts, she decides it's time...

For fans of Game of Thrones and Furyborn comes a thrilling new fantasy about a kingdom ravaged by war, and the princess who might be the key to saving not only those closest to her, but the kingdom itself, if she reveals the very secret that could destroy her.The kingdom of Halendi is in trouble. It's losing the war at its borderlands, and rumors of a new, deadlier threat on the horizon have surfaced. Princess Jennesara wants to help—she knows that with her expert weaponry skills, she would be an asset on the battlefield—but her father only sees her as his pawn.As the second-born heir to the throne, she lacks the firstborn's—her brother's—magical abilities, so the king offers Jenna's hand in marriage to the neighboring prince of Turia as a means to get what he wants. And, in exchange for resources Halendi needs, Jenna must leave all she knows behind if she is to give her people a chance at...