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A Ballad for the Broken

by Hazel S. Wilkes

Captivity, rescue, and shifting loyalties

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Captivity, rescue, and shifting loyalties

In the second book of the Cadence of the Fallen series, Lyra awakens in an unfamiliar place after being captured, while Draven searches for a way to bring her home. Their separate struggles unfold against Bathara’s effort to rebuild after ruin, with choices carrying consequences for freedom and relationships. The description also points to secrets, political intrigue, betrayal, and bonds that are both strengthened and strained. Lyra’s refusal to be treated as a pawn gives the story a clear thread of resistance amid the larger fantasy-romance conflict.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers following the Cadence of the Fallen series.
  • Fans of fantasy romance with political intrigue and relationship conflicts.
  • Readers interested in found family and characters facing capture, rescue, and difficult choices.

Themes

Resistance and agencyCaptivity and freedomLoyalty and betrayalRebuilding after ruinRelationships and found family

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Book overview

Lyra is gone. Draven is desperate. Bathara must rebuild in the ashes of its ruin.

 

Upon awakening in a foreign place she does not recognize, Lyra Izacalli faces the cold reality of her capture, demanding answers she does not easily receive-the ways of the world slowly shifting beneath her feet as everything she thought she knew is tested through her new surroundings.

 

Draven Dalmar searches tirelessly to bring Lyra home. Yet it seems every force in existence is working against him. Defeated yet not losing hope, he is forced to maneuver through a series of choices that could change everything as he knows it, soon learning the cost of Lyra's freedom may just be his very own chains.

 

All the while, shifting circumstances bring some relationships closer together-despite tearing others apart. Secrets emerge from the forgotten shadows. Cruel games are played. And betrayal stains the horizon. Yet through it all, one thing remains true...

 

A girl who refuses to be a pawn does not simply lie down and give in.

 

She fights back.

 

A Ballad for the Broken is the second book in the richly imaginative Cadence of the Fallen series, perfect for fans of complex characters, political intrigue, found family, and sweeping romance that stays with you long after the final page.

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