Joanna Hathaway – författare

As a fighter pilot in his father’s army, Athan Dakar knows little of life beyond war. That is, until his mother is murdered, and he’s sent halfway across the world in a mission to overthrow the queen who killed her. Athan’s task is to ingratiate himself, undercover, with the royal children - and gain intel that could ruin their mother. Kind and quick-witted Princess Aurelia Isendare is not the villain he expects, however, and he soon finds himself falling for the girl he’s been tasked with spying upon. Aurelia feels the same attraction to Athan, all the while seeking to stop the war threatening to break.As diplomatic ties between their nations manage to just barely hold, the two teens struggle to remain loyal to their families and each other as they learn that war is not as black and white as they’ve been raised to believe.

War has begun in the South. The days of soldier Athan and Princess Aurelia’s secret summer romance feel like a long-distant memory.On the frontlines of combat, Athan proves a star fighter pilot as he struggles to justify the violence his father has unleashed.In the capital, Aurelia discovers a startling and long-buried truth about her mother and joins a campaign that goes against everything she once believed about her family’s right to the throne.When the two reunite at last, each of them longs to rekindle the love they once shared . . . but each has a secret they’re desperate to hide.Part war drama, part romance, Storm from the East is the second epic fantasy adventure in the Glass Alliance series.