The deeper the light, the hungrier the shadow. Elara is now the Queen of Shadows, ruling a city built on the ashes of a tyrant. But the obsidian crown is heavy, and the violet pulse of the Great Well is no longer enough to keep the world's hunger at bay. From across the Glass Sea, the Glass Armada has arrived. The Radiant Empress brings an ultimatum that smells of ozone and arrogance: return the Well's core or watch Aethelgard turn into a pillar of salt. As the imperial fever cooks the atmosphere, Elara's sister Lyra awakens with "Ink-Eyes," seeing a future where a "True Fire" consumes them all. Faced with a goddess who is a mirror of her own power, Elara and Caelum must hunt for the First Well, the birthplace of all magic. In a game of gold and embers, Elara will learn that to protect her people, she must stop being the girl who hides in the dark and become the weapon that shatters the dawn