Jinx Mortaery is an Alchemist. Destined to be feared, and doomed to be hunted. When an Emperor of a distant land learns of her skills, Jinx is taken from her home and forced into the service of the ruthless ruler.

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Given the title of Commander as a cover up, she must work in secret against those she gradually comes to trust. But Jinx has been tasked with making the legendary Elixir of Athanasia, an elixir of immortality, and she only has five months to create the impossible. Or face death for her treachery.

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