Shadow Fall

My name is Maia Graystone: prisoner, rebel, and reluctant savior of a dying world. 

In exactly 552 hours, an asteroid will end life as we know it. Not that I'm counting or anything. Trapped inside a hellish prison with psychopaths and murderers, I have more current worries. 

Like the brother I left behind or the not-so-friendly inmates or the fact that I'm wanted by the most powerful man in existence. 

Then a mysterious benefactor breaks me out and offers the impossible: a spot in the Shadow Trials. Win and I'll receive a coveted place for my brother and I on the space station in the stars. 

But the opportunity comes at a steep price. Partner with a dashing psychopath, enter the court that once condemned me to death, survive the ruthless trials created by my own mother, and kill the Emperor-the very man who's hunting me. 

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