Description

Kaia is a Synchrony, one of a rare few chosen to walk the ancient roads between the five cities, torch in hand, reinforcing the Stability that holds civilization together. It is a position of honor, but for Kaia it is also a declaration. Proof to her sister, her people, and herself that she is not the catastrophe they believe her to be. When reports of a mysterious structure beyond the Stability line reach her, she does not hesitate. Where her sister refused to go, Kaia will walk.

Past the edge of Stability, inside a fog-swallowed labyrinth crawling with Others, Kaia discovers an ancient sarcophagus and a voice that has long awaited a worthy savior.

Now joined to an entity of immense and unknowable power, Kaia unravels a conspiracy that has choked the five cities for generations. Drained by the very power that defends Stability—a new hunger is growing.