"It's all becoming very real now."

The forces of the Abolition Coalition survived potential sabotage outside Gibarra City, and escaped further treachery by splitting off the Trerene salamander-riders to take a hidden shortcut - at the cost of revealing Fiyeli's friends, the cavelings, to the human nations of Sleipnir. On the Shul plain, Prince Maunat must contend with the northern customs and outsized personalities of Princess Bhimmi's Cymosa clan and their neighbours before she and Bhimmi can rendezvous with their Proving mentor. There are more shocking revelations waiting for everyone in the Nans forest, and that's before they even set out on the long-awaited campaign to investigate and eradicate slavery in the scrapper quarries.

Fiyeli has faced danger and hardship before. But returning to the Sea of Glass, with Evret at his side, hope for a future together before them, Maunat and Bhimmi still (technically) under his care, and an army at his back, the stakes have never felt higher.

(Approximate length: 61,000 words)

Sax Brightwell has been writing self-indulgent smut about men who are ride-or-die for each other since 2014. They were delighted when one reviewer described their brand as "absolutely filthy but also very sweet." They were as surprised as anyone in 2023 when an idea took the bit in its teeth and turned into the Secrets of Sleipnir series. Sax has a background in biology, and a foreground in healthcare. They agreed suspiciously quickly when their youngest child asked to start an aquarium.