A powerful relic that can crown sovereigns and consume souls, unleashed by human enterprise.

After breaking the curse branded into her arm and uncovering its link to an ancient elven massacre, an emissary of spring, Ostara, returns to Arborea with proof of a human conspiracy that threatens war. Bound by promises to her sovereign and her god, saving a single child might be the only way to save herself.

Rebellion builds within the Moltam Forest, and scavenger Lee clings to the fragile community forming in his once empty home. With so many new mouths to feed, though, the dangers of hunger are as great as the enemy outside their gates.

Reluctantly pushed into aiding the rebels, Arthur Wells–a divination wizard–and Rejnar, an elf stitched together by regret, join the ongoing war to protect Rouvaun, the awakened child from prophecy whose existence could tip the balance of power. Together, they must unravel a tapestry of forbidden rites and out-think gods who offer silence instead of truth.

With only tangled threads for a past and a prophecy for their future, every plan is a gamble, and every calculation is open to interpretation.

When every decision demands a betrayal–of their gods, their sovereigns, or themselves–who pays the price?

Political stakes, secret rituals, and a reckoning long past Remembrance come due.