“I am no wizard, little infernal.”
“I don’t care what you are. I’ve seen you bleed. I want to see more.”

When Captain Lysette Sabot is murdered by the Mareu demon Kualoth Dal, her companions refuse to surrender her to death. Ginevra—a fierce warrior with a tragic past—leads a perilous quest into Sarluc Citadel to retrieve the rare reagents and ancient spells needed for a resurrection. With Lysette’s soul trapped in an ephemeral vessel by the novice Cervidan healer Daebero, the clock is ticking, and the cost of failure is unthinkable. But Lysette’s death was only the beginning. The demon Kualoth, having possessed Bishop Palegi, is twisting the political heart of the realm and commanding an army of arcane constructs—merciless beings known as locum varnerium—to bring the world of Adea to its knees. As alliances strain and armies clash, a growing resistance—including a loyal dragon named Vaezin, the White Guard commander, Gaizka, and the reluctant mage Rui—forms around the hope of bringing Lysette back and stopping Kualoth. Everything depends on Ginevra—on her will to defy fate, embrace the infernal legacy she’s long denied, and choose between the rigid code she was raised to uphold...or the lives of those she loves.

The battle for Lysette’s soul becomes a war for the world itself.