Fall of the Martial Empire

Crown prince Quil Farrar and Empress Helene are losing a war for the crumbling Martial Empire against the vicious Kegari horde.

Quil's forces keep shrinking, his faith is failing, and Sirsha, the woman he loves, disappeared months ago and left him heartbroken.

He still owes his people his duty, yet he also needs to learn what became of her, so he looks for aid from the most treacherous allies he can reach.

Sirsha Westering is tied to Div, an ancient evil freed by a terrible tragedy, who enjoys tormenting her and covets her magical heart.

She fights to keep hold of her own fate and to keep Div's destructive power from Quil, but Div will not release her unless she uncovers its past and faces horrors in her own.

Cero bet-Dafra, once right hand to Kegari leader Aiz, now stands against her as she slips further into violence and delusion, and he must learn whether his people can still have a future or only another turn of endless bloodshed, with hidden truths, ancient secrets,

and a lie able to destroy the world closing in.