4/5; 4 stars; A-Lindsay Buroker is another new to me author. I enjoyed this introduction to her writing very much. Her heroine is a nerdy type who has a lioness lurking inside her and it was fun to see her coming out to play. The world she built seemed to have a lot of aspects of our world but it was pretty different. The three main societies; military based, science based, and magic based gave lots of room for an interesting story to grow. Looking forward to reading more by this author.