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Edgar is a soldier of Cyoko. Aelita is the crown princess of Xara. Their nations have spent decades at war, teaching their people to see one another as enemies. They were never supposed to meet, much less trust each other.

But repeated encounters along the border begin to change what they believe about the people on the other side. Suspicion gives way to curiosity. Curiosity becomes understanding. And understanding slowly becomes something far more dangerous: love.

When their relationship is exposed, Edgar and Aelita discover that the forces working against them may be larger than either nation’s hatred. Someone is profiting from the conflict and manipulating events to keep Cyoko and Xara divided. As the war threatens everything they have come to care about, the two must choose between duty and conscience, loyalty and truth, and the lives they were born to protect and the future they might build together.

Set against a costly war between rival kingdoms, The Heart Beyond War is a military fantasy romance about two people who learn to see humanity where they were taught to see enemies, and discover that peace may demand the greatest sacrifice of all.