This is a scholastic book from the UK. Book 1 of 2. “Sorrow - for that is all she brings us.” Her mother and brother are dead, and her father goes mad, all while still trying to run a country laid-low by grief and war. Follow along with the story of Sorrow Ventaxis as she battles grief, loss, politics, and darkness, all at the age of 17, while still trying to understand herself. TW: drug usage including overdosing.