Criers War

From debut author Nina Varela comes the first installment in a vividly imagined epic fantasy duology that explores an extraordinary love between two girls—one human, the other Made—which could ignite the flames of rebellion. Fans of Marie Rutkoski’s The Winner's Curse, Game of Thrones, and Westworld will find themselves enchanted by this tale. Following the devastating War of Kinds that swept through the kingdom of Rabu, the Automae—created to serve the whims of the royals—overthrew their masters and subjugated humanity. Ayla, a human servant clawing her way up the ranks within the House of the Sovereign, longs for retribution for her family’s murder, which she plans to exact by assassinating the sovereign's daughter, Lady Crier. Crier was crafted to embody beauty and perfection, destined to uphold her father’s reign. Yet everything changed once she was promised to the mysterious Scyre Kinok, began unraveling the truth about her father's less than benevolent rule, and, most transformationally, upon meeting Ayla. As tension mounts with humans growing restless under the regime, a foreign queen presses with her own demands, and a malevolent new leader emerges, Crier and Ayla realize that war might be their only path to true love.