“A suicidal being with the power of the stars was a horrifying realization.”

Amara Vendal has spent her life battling the monsters that lurk beyond her village–the same creatures that tore her parents from her. But even as she fights them, she wages a far more insidious war within her own mind, one that threatens to consume her just as surely as the horrors beyond the walls. She and her brother swore never to feel powerless again. But when another devastating attack strikes, Amara’s fury drives her into the cursed forest, and her life changes forever.

Marked by a witch’s curse, Amara awakens with a relic of immense power burned into her veins–one that can either repair the Veil between realms or destroy it entirely. Wounded and lost, she is found by an Averan, one of the dangerously beautiful yet ruthless beings who rule as the dominant race. He should kill her. Instead, he spares her, recognizing what she truly is.

Dragged into the treacherous lands of Malvolia, Amara becomes a pawn in an age-old war born of The Shattering–the catastrophic event that unleashed horrors upon the world. Surrounded by cunning allies and ruthless enemies, she must decide who to trust as loyalty and betrayal intertwine. 

Torn between the mortal life she once knew and the intoxicating power now woven into her very blood, Amara is no longer just fighting to survive–she’s fighting for control. But with a power that could reshape the world and a scorned heart, will she protect it or shatter it entirely?