Once upon a tiine a world free of bloodshed and war This is not that world Art student and monster&39;s apprentice Karou finally has the answers she has always sought She knoho she is--and what she is But with this knowledge co to undo: She loved the enemy and he betrayed her, and a world suffered for it In this stunning sequel to the highly acclaihter of Se her people Filled with heartbreak and beauty, secrets and iht finds Karou and Akiva on opposing sides as an age-old war stirs back to life While Karou and her allies build a es a different sort of battle: a battle for redeed from the ashes of their broken dream?