A desperate plea crosses the veil between worlds, forever altering the path of a hunted fugitive. Claire Black has spent two years running, hiding a terrifying, uncontrollable power that marks her for death in the magic-fearing kingdom of Corvath. Her visions are a curse, tormenting her with glimpses of a dying, magical tree and a man in unspeakable agony. When a whisper from her past summons her back to the Fae realm she fled, she faces an impossible choice: a lifetime in the shadows, or a return to the one place that could destroy her.
Across the Shroud, in the dying realm of Lythos, rebel lord Liam Watson fights for the ashes of his kingdom. The Lumina Tree, the very heart of his world, has been poisoned, and its decay is causing his people to fade into a slow, magicless death. He is haunted by his family’s failure and driven by a single, desperate hope: Claire. He believes only her forbidden, time-bending magic can unravel the decades-old treason that poisoned the Tree and expose the masterful tyrant who rules from a throne of lies.
Thrust into a gilded court of vipers and whispers, a fragile alliance is forged between the broken rebel and the hunted seer. As they navigate a treacherous web of political intrigue, they find their shared past rekindling a dangerous, long-forgotten spark. But in a world built on devastating secrets and shocking betrayals, the line between ally and enemy is as thin as a shadow. The salvation of one world may demand the ruin of another, and the ultimate price for the truth may be more than their souls can bear.
