Author Description

At just twenty, Empress Neferet is no stranger to the weight of a crown. Secretly, she hunts her father’s murderer, seeking justice for his brutal death even as her empire teeters on the edge of famine and ruin. Once she discovers the assassin was none other than her closest ally, the Dominus of Theron, fury drives her to cross the borders of his kingdom to seek revenge. When Neferet crosses paths with Dante, the Dominus’s son, they uncover a conspiracy that shakes her deepest convictions. As the gods descend with cryptic and conflicting messages, Neferet’s faith is thrown into turmoil. Plague and famine encroach and war looms on the horizon, so she and Dante must piece together the conspirators' plans—and the gods’ true intentions—to stop them before her empire collapses. As their nations teeter on the brink, Neferet and Dante find themselves racing against forces beyond their comprehension. But with divine agendas at play, can they untangle the gods' motives in time to save an empire on the edge of ruin? Or will they become pawns in a game that ends with their world in ashes?