The war ends here.
Paulo MacGregor cares for nothing besides changing Laurel's future and convincing her to trust him. After the rebels took the capital, fleeing to Iatrus Castle, his home, seemed the only option. However, even though he's brought Laurel to his home, fate has other plans. Not only are Laurel's convictions not to trust him deepening, but both their pasts are catching up with them. The rebels are coming to Iatrus Castle, and there's little Paulo can do to stop fate from unfolding.
Laurel Flumen absolutely can't trust Paulo. Not only had he kept her from accomplishing her mission to kill Olympia's king, but he was also the reason she had to leave her sister behind. If Paulo had never involved himself in her life, she would never have betrayed Aspen, she wouldn't be stuck in the cursed kingdom of Olympia, and she certainly would have never ended up on this side of a war she never wanted to be a part of.
In this epic conclusion of The Cartographer's War, Paulo and Laurel must come together to defeat not only the rebellion trying to tear down the kingdom but also change the very strings of fate itself.