Dark of the West

"A novel of court intrigue and action-packed military adventure,"* Joanna Hathaway''s Dark of the West, is a breathtaking YA fantasy debut--first in the Glass Alliance series.
A pilot raised in revolution. A princess raised in a palace. A world on the brink of war.
Aurelia Isendare is a princess of a small kingdom in the North, raised in privilege but shielded from politics as her brother prepares to step up to the throne. Halfway around the world, Athan Dakar, the youngest son of a ruthless general, is a fighter pilot longing for a life away from the front lines. When AthanΓÇÖs mother is shot and killed, his father is convinced itΓÇÖs the work of his old rival, the Queen of EtaniaΓÇöAureliaΓÇÖs mother. Determined to avenge his wifeΓÇÖs murder, he devises a plot to overthrow the Queen, a plot which sends Athan undercover to Etania to gain intel from her children.
AthanΓÇÖs mission becomes complicated when he finds himself falling for the girl heΓÇÖs been tasked with spying upon. Aurelia feels the same attraction, all the while desperately seeking to stop the war threatening to break between the Southern territory and the old Northern kingdoms that control itΓÇöa war in which AthanΓÇÖs father is determined to play a role. As diplomatic ties manage to just barely hold, the two teens struggle to remain loyal to their families and each other as they learn that war is not as black and white as theyΓÇÖve been raised to believe.
ΓÇ£Heart-pounding . . . will leave the reader wanting more.ΓÇ¥ΓÇö*#1 New York Times bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz