The Silver City has Fallen. The Light has all but Faded.
The Legacy is Under Siege.
When outlaws are a broken empire’s best hope, what chance do good people have? Shade is no one's friend and no hero, and he’s keeping secrets that could doom the very people he claims to protect. New Evendar, the last refuge nestled deep in the mountains, doesn’t want him there…yet some know they need him.
Nikolas Astel finds himself an outlaw’s top student, caught between the glittering future in politics he never wanted and the dangerous path Shade represents. Everyone expects him to follow in his martyred father’s footsteps, but all he wants is for someone to hand him a sword and put him in the fight. Nikolas is done with being safe and ready to make a difference.
Reyma vasAuloran is the daughter of the Olorian queen who destroyed Evendar...but she's hiding knowledge from her mother that will doom her. Soon she'll be forced to choose between her freedom and her country, maybe forever.
Finally, Rhea Belldoria is already fighting the war Shade's gearing up for. Trapped in the capital city and leading an underground resistance, Rhin is at the very center of things, perfectly placed to save thousands...but her ambition is strong, and Rhin is out to make herself queen.
These four unlikely heroes are united only by tragedy—yet the fate of Evendar is in their hands.
