James has accepted his destiny as the Pathlighter, pledging to serve the emperor and forge a way forward as a better example than the gods. But with assassins lurking within the capital and his allies doubting his every move, he begins to question what a better path requires, and if he ever truly knew what it meant.
Meanwhile, Ariel searches her plagued homeland for both the cause of the sickness and a cure for her beloved Roy's demonic passenger. But the price of defending Spiath will challenge her convictions, and test what she's willing to sacrifice to save those she loves.
The now powerless Samira has cast herself into exile and returned to where her prophecy began. When an unlikely acquaintance seeks her help, they discover something in the lost pages of history that could also raze the future.
When the line between gods and monsters is obscured, what is left to believe in? Threadstealer continues the odyssey of the Chosen in the epic Pathlighter Trilogy.