![]() ![]() But the glitter of the royal court belies a world of violence and fear. ![]() ![]() The princess is so hated by her conquered people that she requires a body double, someone to appear in public as Maram, ready to die in her place.Īs Amani is forced into her new role, she can’t help but enjoy the palace’s beauty-and her time with the princess’ fiancé, Idris. She dreams of what life was like before the occupation she dreams of writing poetry like the old-world poems she adores she dreams of receiving a sign from Dihya that one day, she, too, will have adventure, and travel beyond her isolated moon.īut when adventure comes for Amani, it is not what she expects: she is kidnapped by the regime and taken in secret to the royal palace, where she discovers that she is nearly identical to the cruel half-Vathek Princess Maram. In a star system dominated by the brutal Vathek empire, eighteen-year-old Amani is a dreamer. ![]()
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