From debut author Nina Varela comes the first book in a richly imagined epic fantasy duology about an impossible love between two girls&;one human, one Made&;whose romance could be the beginning of a revolution.Perfect for fans of Marie Rutkoski&;s The Winner&;s Curse as well as Game of Thrones and Westworld.After the War of Kinds ravaged the kingdom of Rabu, the Automae, designed to be the playthings of royals, usurped their owners&; estates and bent the human race to their will.Now Ayla, a human servant rising in the ranks at the House of the Sovereign, dreams of avenging her family&;s death&;by killing the sovereign&;s daughter, Lady Crier. Crier was Made to be beautiful, flawless, and to carry on her father&;s legacy. But that was before her betrothal to the enigmatic Scyre Kinok, before she discovered her father isn&;t the benevolent king she once admired, and most importantly, before she met Ayla.Now, with growing human unrest across the land, pressures from a foreign queen, and an evil new leader on the rise, Crier and Ayla find there may be only one path to love: war.