Recensori in anteprimaJ.D. Neptune

In the Skarrian Empire, societal class is determined solely by one factor, a factor which no one, neither emperors nor servants, can control: the Marks on their skin.

Those with Marks are elevated to the highest stations of society where they will never want for anything again. However, those who reach their eighteenth year without developing a Mark are swept up in the Reckoning, where they will be chained and forced to toil away at the emperor's every whim for the rest of their lives.

Ayla Helero is a Markless orphan living in the capitol city of Skarria, and the Reckoning is fast approaching. Voices whisper to her in the night, promising there is truth to the stories of dragons that the empire will do anything to suppress. Will Ayla bow down and capitulate to the evil hands that bind her, or will she listen to the voices, risking everything for the chance of a better tomorrow?

Ayla is listening. She hears the voices. She whispers back.

The Markless will rise.

A rebellious orphan defies the plight of her people in a moving epic fantasy debut by author J.D. Neptune.

This was the world they lived in. A world where everyone was a victim. Even the tyrants.

The Markless are nothing. Vermin. A stain upon the land in the eyes of the empire.

Ayla Helero, a Markless orphan, has always believed she would escape her dismal fate. But when a betrayal leads to a Burning and she is cast into thralldom, her belief turns to despair as she swears bitter revenge.

Elyon Errol, a hopeful thrall in the Trench of Balthon, wants nothing more than to return to his life of old. But when he is whisked away to a foreign land by a benevolent leader, he must choose between what is best for him and what is best for his people.

Mysterious voices whisper to those who will listen, hinting at myths that could be their only chance for revenge. Their only chance for justice. Their only chance for peace.

Ayla is listening. She hears the voices. She whispers back.

The Markless will Rise.