She buried him a decade ago. Now he walks the earth again-and so begins the unraveling of empires. Queen Ioelena of Hildeheim has ruled through fire and blood, her grief forged into power. But when Connerh-the warrior she once loved and lost-returns from the dead, everything she's built begins to crack. His presence awakens forbidden magic, unearths secrets that were meant to stay buried, and threatens to reignite a war the world cannot survive. As ancient gods stir and judgment looms, spies whisper through palace halls, giants gather at the edges of ruined cities, and the elves-keepers of justice-begin to move. Across a fractured land, kings, queens, rebels, and monsters collide-each facing the cost of what they've lost... and what they might become. In this sweeping dark fantasy where vengeance wears a crown and love walks with death, the question isn't who will survive... It's what will remain of them when the gods are done.