Fifth Quarter

Trained to kill from childhood, siblings Bannon and Vree have only known life as assassins in the Imperial Army. The army is both their mother and father, their lives subject to the whims of the Crown.

When their latest target steals Bannons body for his own, Vree saves her brother by dragging his spirit in to share hers. But two assassins in one body is one assassin too many. To save both their lives, they must abandon the only life theyve known, risking Imperial ire and possible execution, to regain Bannons body. It isnt until after they capture Gyhard, the body thief, that they realize they cant force him to do anything while he holds Bannons body hostage.

But Gyhard is willing to trade Bannons body for their assistance. All they have to do – while being hunted for desertion and dealing with an unknown power able to Sing the dead out of the grave – is betray the oaths theyve lived by and help Gyhard secure the body of an Imperial Prince.