Ashes & Oaths - Lisa M. Jordan

The tyrant is dead. The war is far from over.

Aelin barely survived the rebellion that brought down the blood-soaked throne. Now branded a traitor and haunted by the things she had to do, she wanders the shattered edges of a country still burning. The so-called victors want peace-but only on their terms. And for girls like Aelin, peace is just another kind of prison.

When a coded message arrives bearing her late commander's seal, Aelin is drawn back into the fray. What she finds is a resistance splintered by betrayal, and a new leader willing to scorch the earth for power. Old allies have turned into enemies. And the one person she might still trust-Seraphine, the assassin who once spared her life-is hiding secrets of her own.

Bound by blood oaths and a past she can't outrun, Aelin must choose: stay silent and survive, or ignite the last spark of rebellion-and risk becoming the monster they all believe she is.

In a world built on broken vows and buried truths, loyalty is a weapon-and Aelin is done being anyone's pawn.