When the war ended, Michael thought his ghosts would fade with the smoke. But when his brother, Gabriel — hero turned tyrant — rises from the ashes to claim the throne, the fires of vengeance are rekindled.

With only a sharp-tongued elf and the memory of a broken cause, Michael must return to a kingdom drowned in its own shadow — and face the brother he once called king.

But in a world where rings whisper and gods drown in silence, even vengeance has a price.