The Ember Throne

In the drowned city of Mirehollow, where rain rises from the cobblestones and fog swallows every lantern, the Pale Concord Assassin has returned to the court that condemned her. She is hunting the men who destroyed her name , and she will cut through every masked noble, scheming lord, and Ashen Court Acolyte standing in her way. Vael Serath, the realm's master spymaster, watches her approach with grim fascination. To stop her, he must broker the ascension of Kellin Vros to the Ember Throne , a claim poisoned by the machinations of Lady Caelith Draeven and her hidden allies within the royal court. Prince Torvan Draeven, heir to the throne, distrusts every hand extended to him, while Healer Dessen tends wounds that may be deeper than flesh. Seneschal Orun guards the throne's doors, Lord Halden Virek commands the loyalist houses, and Court Mage Ulrem senses a darkness the conclave refuses to name. As the Royal Auditor uncovers a conspiracy buried beneath decades of silence and The Framed Courtier faces execution for crimes he did not commit, the court fractures between those who would crown a new ruler and those who would burn the throne to ash. Every alliance conceals a blade, every kindness hides a motive, and Sable Uren waits in the shadows with an agenda no one has yet survived to reveal. When the Ember Throne finally speaks, it will name either a sovereign , or a pyre.