by Sara Wolf
First published 2024
The bastard daughter strikes first. She drives her blade into the duke of House Hauteclare, the man who ordered her mother's death. He expected her to perish with the other starving commoners on the Station. Instead, she claims Heavenbreaker, one of the massive war machines that survived the conflict. Now she enters the jousting tournaments where nobles pilot their own machines in deadly combat. Each victory eliminates another enemy from House Hauteclare. In the cold void of space, she and Heavenbreaker move together, hunting down those who destroyed her family. But the tournaments force impossible choices. Some opponents are people she cares about. Others are people she might love. Worse, something else inhabits Heavenbreaker with her. This presence is terrifying and powerful, and it has its own plans. Her quest for revenge becomes something larger and more dangerous than she imagined.
Genres: science-fiction, adventure, action, alternate-history
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: House Hauteclare, Station
Period: Cold Void of Space
424 pages · Hardcover · Entangled: Red Tower Books
Content warnings: violence