The prophecy said he would die. She gave the prophecy. He's still alive, and neither of them is who they were.

Vael Mohr was the Oracle Wastes' most gifted seer ? until her prophecy triggered a war that killed thousands and ended her career. Stripped of her title and cast into exile, she has spent two years convinced she made a catastrophic error.

She didn't. The prophecy was edited after she spoke it.

Commander Soren Idl was condemned to death for refusing an order he was told was prophetically sanctioned. He didn't believe the prophecy was real. He was right. Now he's a fugitive in the Wastes, looking for proof ? and trying not to think about the woman who spoke the words that destroyed his command.

When Vael and Soren find each other in the ruins of the Oracle archives, they carry not just fragments of the same shattered truth, but the debris of a relationship neither of them had words for before everything went wrong.

They have to find the original prophecy text before the Conclave destroys what's left. They have to survive doing it together. And they have to decide whether the future they're fighting for has room for what they couldn't say the first time.

Searing, emotional, and devastating. For fans of Fourth Wing, The Atlas Six, and A Touch of Darkness.