The Empire Wars is a powerful YA debut where survival and magic are a deadly mix.Coa, who was born feral in the North Transatlantic wilds, has just been captured. Now, Coa is subject to public humiliation and execution in a gruesome spectacle known as The Great Hunt.If participants die in the Great Hunt their entire family will be executed - in front of everyone. The nationalist regime, known as the Allied Force, will not rest until all foreigners are exterminated. Coa's best hope of survival might be Princess Ife - born of privilege, but newly married into the authoritarian lineage.Her riskier choice is an alliance with a gorgeous, cunning fellow participant, marked as a traitor to his militarized nation. Coa entangles herself with the captivating young man, but soon finds he could be her ultimate downfall...