The Aspect of Essence

An ACOTAR fantasy world meets Fourth Wing's military academy. A princess is torn from her throne and conscripted to a military academy where she must survive a sadistic shadow-wielding commander. A broken healer is forced to increase a dying population but his servitude takes a darker turn. A relentless villain will rip apart the realms to protect his race—no matter the cost. For over a millennium the elves have concealed their powers. Until now. Since arriving on the mortal shores the elves have systematically colonized the primitive human race. As subjugated peasants the mortals toil to supply the elven realm with riches. The elves’ magic has degraded their race to a point where they have been rendered infertile. A hundred years ago they resorted to interbreeding with humans in an effort to preserve their species. In the elven realm Jassyn has spent his life both researching the fertilit