Darkness has fallen on Aveline since Kaethe barred the gates to the underworld.
The dead roam unchecked, immune to iron and other weapons. A ruthless child queen has risen in the west, and her armies of the night are marching.
It's not a fight Cas or Lo wanted, but they're swept into the thick of it regardless.
Having fled one besieged city, Cas must see his family safely to the Boundary, a pilgrimage through lands shattered by war and haunted by ghosts. He meets an old friend along the way ? but surviving will mean facing deeper truths about his own path.
Half a continent away, Lo is chasing a fugitive god and the ancient necromancer who holds him in thrall. The hunt leads to the frozen reaches of the Icemarch ? and a reckoning with hidden puppet-masters who've been tugging her strings.
Meanwhile, a crucial battle looms at the mountain pass called Hellgate. Lucius must face the Redvaynes again ? but this time as a free man instead of a slave.
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Kat Ross worked as a journalist at the United Nations for ten years before happily falling back into what she likes best: making stuff up. She's the author of the new Lingua Magika trilogy, the Fourth Element and Fourth Talisman historical fantasy series, the Gaslamp Gothic paranormal mysteries, and the dystopian thriller Some Fine Day. She loves myths, monsters and doomsday scenarios. Come visit her at www.katrossbooks.com!