In the Aramtesh Empire scent is all important, and seventeen-year-old Rakel has a way with perfumes which she hopes to use to delay her father's inevitable death; Ash is a member of the imperial bodyguard, assigned to the crown prince Nisai's bodyguard; now they are all brought together on a caravan to an outer province, seeking a rare flower that can cure the poisoned emperor--but when Nisai himself is poisoned Rakel and Ash smell like the chief suspects, and they must search out the answers together before the imperial army hunts them down.
Ages 12. Scholastic Inc.|||Grade 7 to 8. Scholastic Inc.|||730L Lexile|||juvenile
P.M. Freestone.
"First published in the United Kingdom in 2018 by Scholastic UK Ltd."--Copyright page.
