For Such a Time as This by debut author Rachel Marie is a high-stakes, heartbreakingly epic fantasy romance in which twenty-six year-old Estaria is forced into ten deadly trials, competing for the throne of Empress.

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Unbonded and without magic, she must endure a grueling one-hundred and eighty-day process as a human among four-hundred other female competitors. Filled with unexpected love, introcate power struggles, expansive world-building, and a journey of self-discovery.

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Estaria's story is only just building.

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This title will break hearts because this is not a love story—

it is a tragedy.