A Clash of Steel (A Sea of Echoes #2)

From the Lost Diaries of Iraklis Vidalatos

five centuries ago

Xavlin’s ambition is unlike any I have seen, god or mortal alike. He consumed his kin and amassed enough power to nearly bring our world to ruin. Though he is contained, my bloodline is the key to his prison—and should we falter, so too will the walls of his immortal prison.

All I can do is share these words.

Do not risk giving him your blood, my sons.

Stay away from the mountain.