First published 2025
Sylina serves the goddess of fate as both acolyte and assassin among the Arachessen. When Atrius leads his vampire forces to invade her human kingdom of Glaea, her religious order gives her an impossible assignment. She must join his army, pose as a seer, win his confidence, and murder him from within. Atrius cuts through Glaea's defenses like a blade through silk. His reputation as a merciless warrior precedes his advance across the kingdom. But working beside him as his new oracle, Sylina discovers fragments of his tortured history. She recognizes something familiar in his darkness, pieces of herself she has tried to bury. Her mission remains unchanged. Atrius must die by her hand. Yet Sylina finds herself drawn to the vampire conqueror in ways that violate her sacred vows. This attraction threatens not just her assignment, but her very survival. She faces a choice between duty to her goddess and feelings that could destroy everything she has sworn to protect.
Genres: romance, adventure, fantasy, action
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forbidden-love, undercover-mission
Setting: Arachessen, Glaea
Period: ancient
357 pages · Paperback · Pan Macmillan
Content warnings: violence