Aethan wanted to be a hero. Instead, he killed everyone he loved.
Now he wields an ancient, forbidden power in a land where even whispering the word magic is heresy. All he wants is his fifty pounds of gold and a quiet place to disappear.

Carlotte is an aristocrat, a scientist, and a woman on a mission. That same dark power murdered her sister. Now she'll tear apart the secrets of the Ryker Dominion to understand it, no matter what the church, the law, or God Himself has to say about it.

Saara was born with nothing. She'll climb to the top of Ryker society even if it means sacrificing her own family. She's bound herself to Carlotte's ambitions, and by Carlotte's rise or fall, her fate will be decided.

Erika just wants the world to see her as she was meant to be. Then a terrible accident puts blood on her hands, and survival means crawling into the skin of another woman's identity -- becoming someone she's not, to escape what she's done.

Four lives. One forbidden power. A society built on lies.

For readers of Joe Abercrombie and Adrian Tchaikovsky -- a grimdark debut with morally complex characters, sharp prose, and a world where faith and heresy are just a matter of who's holding the sword.

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• Publication Date: June 17, 2025
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• Print Length: 571 Pages
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