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In The Gilded Ones ($15, originally $19), Deka just wants her blood to run red at the blood ceremony, the trial that determines whether she can become a member of her village. When her blood runs gold, the sign of impurity, a mysterious woman offers her a choice. She can either stay in the village and face a consequence worse than death, or leave for the capital to join the emperor's army filled with girls just like her. But nothing is quite what it seems . . . not even Deka herself.