Soul of Shadows by K.L Alexander

The Second Book to “the Shadow Apprentice” series. The Night Emperor is here, and he is the least of Nick’s problems. However, Nick looks on the bright side of his problems, his goal of becoming the Empire’s new leader is looking good. For once in his life, Nick feels like he’s going in the right direction. Until something he kept in the dark comes to light, jeopardizing everything. Now he has one week to save his uncle, school finals, and less than a month before the Spring Festival arrives. If he fails to save his uncle, his uncle dies. If he fails to do well in the Spring Festival, he dies. Nick barely survived the rebellion; now he doesn’t know if he’ll survive the month.