The empire is dying-and its enemies are done waiting. In a crumbling world of assassins, blood mages, rebel warlords, and hollow thrones, the fire has only just begun. Talia Verelain was born to a noble house. Now she's returned with a blade and a vendetta. Branded a traitor and presumed dead, Talia infiltrates the heart of a dying empire to assassinate the man who destroyed her family. But vengeance is just the beginning. Across a continent ruled by rot, others begin to rise. - A boy-emperor sharpening his mind into a weapon. - A warlord of ash rallying the forsaken tribes. - A bloodbinder hunted by inquisitors and her own past. - And a mercenary too broken to kneel, but too dangerous to ignore. Power is cracking. Loyalties are shifting. And in the dust of a once-great empire, a new fire is kindling. This is not the fall of an empire. This is its dissection-with a knife forged from vengeance.
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