Lizaveta has always looked like the enemy, but her blood has always been of the throne. After leaving her life on a choice she made with a letter opener above a king's throat, a friend reveals that she has gained a continent. 
The last heir from a long line of dead men, she rises to the role meant for a dead prince.
Until she falls into his empty tomb. 
As the shadow of the crown looms above her, her pursuit of what happened that night seems futile. 
Pressured to find a husband, to protect an empire, and to remain quiet, she meets the silent and heavy truth; ruling is to be ruled. 
But day by day, as secrets, crimes and criminals emerge, she finds that maybe all the lies they said about her were true. 
A throne, an empress, a power, unwanted.