In the hollow world of Aether, where continents arch overhead and forgotten powers stir beneath ash-covered wastelands, a young man's quest for vengeance will awaken forces that have slumbered for millennia.
When Jake Naserai's diplomat father is murdered in Ebison, his comfortable life shatters like glass. Fleeing with his mother across a realm divided by civil war, Jake must survive long enough to claim his birthright and discover his family's true enemies.
Trained by a grizzled former captain, Jake transforms from sheltered noble into a deadly swordsman driven by vengeance and find his father's killer and reach Hallowmoore to rebuild his shattered clan. But thousands of miles of hostile territory stand between him and his goal—and time is running out.
The path home is fraught with conspiracies spanning generations, mysterious allies whose aid comes at unknown prices, and whispers of something ancient stirring in devastated Veridia. Enemies who fear the Naserai legacy stand in his way—a name that threatens everything they've built.
The first book in an epic fantasy series where family honour, political intrigue, and ancient magic collide in a world unlike any other.