The Ash Ledger: Enemy Contract

Mara Quill’s blade is at Rowan Vale’s throat when a black mark sears itself around his wrist. Then the Ledger delivers its first command: Keep the enemy commander alive—or watch Veyrhold fall in three days. Rowan needs Mara’s army to survive, but Mara wants the “traitor” who appeared on her battlefield dead. Bound by the Ledger, they’re forced to fight side by side, even as every upgrade grants Rowan deadly power at the cost of civilian lives. The closer they get to the truth—and to each other—the more they realize the siege is being controlled by someone inside both their armies. To save the city, Rowan must obey the Ledger’s next order: sacrifice Mara—or become the next enemy it destroys.