Scribes Aflame

Once the water runs out, millions trapped in a mine will die. Unless civil war kills them first.

Mallory Leighyan vows to save them all.

She plans an escape to the surface while falling in love with a prince who teaches her to fight. But as an army of traitors besieges the capital, she hides the royal family in tunnels below the palace.

Problem is, food is running out. And the tunnels swarm with monsters invincible to all but Mallory's weapon powered by alien nanotech. In desperation, she call...