LIFE AND DEATH LIE IN HER HANDS Iris overcame the threat of excommunication, but now she faces something far worse. The bells of war are tolling, and an enemy nation stands poised to strike. Why, then, is there talk of dismantling the kingdom’s armed forces? As Iris desperately shores up her duchy’s own defenses, she must answer a question from one of her closest companions, Dida: “If it comes to war, are you prepared to order us to kill?” Reia is a Japanese author best known for the light novel and manga series Accomplishments of the Duke's Daughter. Haduki Futaba is a Japanese artist best known for the manga Crimson Empire: Circumstances to Serve a Noble and the light novel series Accomplishments of the Duke's Daughter.