"Fast paced book you won't want to put down..." ~ Contagious Reads For fans of The Outlander. Written by New York Times, USA Today and #1 Dark Fantasy bestseller Tamara Rose Blodgett, comes a tale of criminal geneticists interfering with predestined matches between the women and men of an unforgiving post-apocalyptic and Victorian 19th century world. A #2 Historical Fantasy bestselling series! "Every single one of these males are intense, and so protective..." ~ author Calia Read "... so addicting..." "...held my attention throughout..." Matthew and Bracus of the Band travel alongside eighteen-year old queen, Clara Williamson, as she journeys to the sea to unlock the puzzle of her lineage. Trouble strikes when the fragment absorbs Prince Frederic and undertake plans that involve Clara and her home sphere in a dangerous scheme of coercion. It isn't long before Clara discovers the Guardians terrible secret through horrible circumstances she must escape from. Can Clara protect herself from her own destiny? Full-length novel.