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The rebels have won, and the empire is withdrawing from Qazal. But undoing the tangled web that binds the two nations will not be easy, and Touraine and Luca will face their greatest challenge yet.

Luca needs to oust her uncle from the Balladairan throne once and for all and…

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1 author picked The Faithless as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Overall, I enjoyed book one of this series, The Unbroken, but did find parts of it a bit hard going, particularly the fact that I didn't find any of the supporting cast very likeable. The two protagonists, however, mostly made up for that, and the world building was incredibly rich and detailed. I enjoyed this second book in this series even more than the first. Luca and Touraine continue to be excellent protagonists, both distinct characters with very different motivations - and while Touraine is a character who's often very uncertain about what she wants, or what she thinks is…

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