Paperback – 336 pages

FromNew York Timesbestselling author Robin Benway comes a journey into the wicked side of Disney’sCinderella–thefirst book in the Villains-focused Dark Ascension series,starring infamous stepsisters Drizella andAnastasia.

Before they were known as the wicked ones, they were two sisters fighting to escape their mother’s iron rule.

Drizella and Anastasia only know one thing forcertain: they never want to end up like their mother, Lady Tremaine. When their father left them as young girls, he took their familyfortune and theirmothersdignity with him. A few years and one deceased stepfather later, Drizella and Anastasia only know their mother as the bitter and cruel head ofthe house. But the sisters promise each otherthatthey’llchase their dreams and never let their hearts go cold.

Then,on the cusp of the royal debut party–their one chance to impress the Prince and live up to theirmothersexpectations–the sisters at last get a glimpse of what life could be like outside of LadyTremaines intentions: Drizelladiscovers a love of science, and Anastasia sparks a secret romance. But escaping theirmother’smanipulations will be no easy task. Would it be simpler for them to become as wicked as she is to survive in such a cruel world?

Disney Villains meetsSuccessionin the Dark Ascension series, which explores the complex origins of memorable characters and their siblings.