FIRST THERE WAS WAR

For what can one do, when the powers that once forged this earth now seek to destroy it?

Teolyn has spent a life fighting battles on multiple fronts. Heir to an estate she wants no part of, daughter to a father she should have killed when she had the chance, denizen of a world that waged war against the Gods—and won.

When a violent coup leaves her for dead, salvation comes in the form of a stranger from a broken land. He brings dire news: the Gods are scheming, and the world teeters on the brink of annihilation. Before Teo can dismiss him as mad, a dangerous encounter with his pursuer awakens something ancient within her:

The power to wield living stone.

It is a gift that comes with the bonus of an unwelcome voice inside her head, and the attention of deadly forces that have spent centuries ensuring such abilities remain buried—along with the women who once wielded them.

Hunted and outmatched, Teo gathers an unlikely band of allies: a grieving scholar, a foul-mouthed mercenary, and a powerful stranger whose appetite for chemical oblivion rivals his mysterious past. Together, they journey across a vast and fractured empire toward the reclusive God of War, whose tragic history may hold the answers Teo desperately seeks.

Time is running out and one thing becomes clear: Teo’s newfound power may not be a gift—but rather the key that is so desperately sought by those who wish to end it all.