DARKER THAN THE STARLESS NIGHT

Sometimes to beat the bad guys…you need to be one.
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As a chemist for an urban gang in the farthest province of Arcadia, Yom has found a simple solution to avoiding the obsessive thoughts that have haunted her since childhood: burying herself beneath powdered drugs,  bodies, and coin. But when her gang’s leader demands loyalty at all costs, Yom’s position in the gang—and the privileges that come with it—come under threat. Forced to investigate, Yom unearths a royal conspiracy to reopen an ancient war with the mysterious lands that lie beyond Arcadia’s borders.

A wily royal archivist, Quia, offers a tenuous solution: cross the dangerous network of provinces and seek the one person endowed with the mythical power that can stop the war. But on the treacherous odyssey, Yom must come to terms with her addiction to powder, her growing feelings for Quia, and the obsessive thoughts that threaten to tear her mind in two, all before the only hope of halting a world war is lost.