After a catastrophic war over the world’s coveted liquid-gold reserves shatters the balance between two Great Houses, Prince Browyn Erembaur becomes entangled in an impossible event that defies three thousand years of royal law. When a power beyond the throne’s control begins to awaken around him, Browyn finds himself severed from the authority that has ruled his bloodline for generations while driven toward an unthinkable act capable of bringing the entire order of kings, commoners, and living weapons crashing down