A Brief, Tumultuous History of Highmoon Vale is a gritty, fast-paced fantasy novel with a political thriller twist - perfect for fans of The Poppy War series.After war breaks out between humans and feys, a soldier stands ready to battle her own kind.Xiaoyu Longwind is a human woman fiercely determined to prove her loyalty to her adopted homeland of Neviere, despite the discrimination she receives at the hands of the city's distrustful fey population.So when she and her brother are conscripted into the war, she has no question about where her allegiances lie ... until she discovers a conspiracy that throws everything she thought she knew into question.As Xiaoyu races to expose the truth behind the war, desperate circumstances force her to fight those she considered allies and seek the aid of those who stand against everything she believes in.The more the conspiracy unravels, the more she realizes that her friends - and even her family - harbor secrets of their own.
