Lydia Hastings, a knowledge sorcerer who extracts information by touching objects, travels to Orlyn to validate religious claims and discovers a dangerous conspiracy. At the center is a prisoner resembling a long-missing pantheon leader whose execution could devastate everything. Andrew Rowe crafts a complex magic system and intricate worldbuilding in this high fantasy prequel to his Arcane Ascension universe. Three protagonists with different motivations converge in a story of action, intrigue, and mystery.
