‘Beautiful and richly imagined.’-Sara Raasch, New York Times bestselling author of the Snow Want Ashes series

‘Teeming with hidden magic and fiery love.’-Sabaa Tahir, #1 NY Times bestselling writer of An Ember in the Ashes

Perfect for fans of Shadow and Bone and Crimson Queen, The Crown’s Video game is a thrilling and atmospheric historical fantasy occur Imperial Russia about two teenagers who must compete for the proper to be the Imperial Enchanter-or die in the process-from debut author on the subject of The Crown’s Game Evelyn Skye.

Vika Andreyeva can summon the snow and switch ash into silver. Nikolai Karimov can easily see through walls and conjure bridges out of nothing. They may be enchanters-the just two in Russia-and with the Ottoman Empire as well as the Kazakhs intimidating, the tsar needs a effective enchanter by his side.

Therefore he initiates the Crown’s Game, a historical duel of magical skill-the greatest test an enchanter can ever know. The victor turns into the Imperial Enchanter and the tsar’s most respected adviser. The defeated is sentenced to loss of life.

Raised on tiny Ovchinin Island her very existence, Vika is eager for the chance to showcase her talent in the grand capital of Saint Petersburg. But can she kill another enchanter-even when his magic phone calls to her like nothing at all else ever has?

For Nikolai, an orphan, the Crown’s Game is the chance of an eternity. But his lethal opponent is usually a force to be reckoned with-beautiful, whip sensible, imaginative-and he can’t prevent thinking about her.

And when Pasha, Nikolai’s best friend and heir towards the throne, also begins to fall for the mysterious enchantress, Nikolai must defeat the lady they both love . or be wiped out himself.

Mainly because long-buried secrets emerge, threatening the future of the empire, it becomes dangerously clear . . . the Crown’s Video game is not someone to lose.