Although Adeline successfully completed the Tenth Ordeal, her children aren’t willing to forgive Skie for his plot to destroy their Queen and plunder their Kingdom without a fight, and with a few new allies in the Lower Kingdom, a fight might be on the horizon. Armed with a potion that should shield him from Skie’s attention, Judah visits Aditi in search of information about the humans and whether they’ll be a help or a hinderance in the upcoming strife between Kingdoms, but what he finds in this strange, ungodly city risks dropping him right on Skie’s doorstep.

Many years before Satya of Tuhina escaped the Trial’s deadly grasp, another Hero grew up in a lonely, frozen wasteland where humans scorn the gods in favour of a fabled, long-lost King. Determined to serve his Frist King at all costs, Satya of Eleutharia must go behind enemy lines to learn the truth the despicable denizens of the Realm of the Gods have long been keeping secret. He will do whatever it takes to please the First King, even if it means betraying his friends, his family, and what little humanity he has left. But, when finally faced with the horrors of his First King, Satya’s disappointment risks usurping impending war and annihilating both Kingdoms, forever.