To Cage a God

In an empire modeled on Imperial Russia, the ruling alurea are born bonded to zmei, dragon-spirits from another world whose power they channel as their own. Galina and Sera are different: their mother used forbidden secrets to graft gods directly into their bones, raising them as living weapons meant to end the cruel reign of the royal family. With their mother dead and the country sliding toward war, the sisters take up the rebellion. Sera reunites with the violent rebel leader who was once her lover, while Galina infiltrates the palace, where an isolated, whip-smart princess becomes both her greatest danger and her only refuge.