In the fantastical ancient kingdom of Lumenfall, rulers of Light are chosen not by blood, but by divine revelation.At just sixteen, Brann, the quiet, obedient last-born son of a humble stone keeper, is anointed by Baldur, the god of peace and righteousness, to become the next ruler of Light.Before the eyes of the entire kingdom, the Dominion Ritual declares him sovereign, and the god himself promises Brann eternal protection, power, and a dynasty that will never fall.But instead of celebrating him, his family plots his death.Jealousy burns hotter than loyalty. One by one, his five brothers—Fridus, Silas, Hann, Josias, and Macca—turn on him. Beaten, pushed, stabbed, and abandoned in the woods like rotting meat, Brann is left to die alone.But death is not the end.At the midnight hour, under a bleeding moon, the Song of a goddess begins, a cursed hymn sung by Saga, goddess of Songs. This song awakens five ancient demons lost to time, the Recabither's fallen servants:Hell-Father, the soul-snatcher and the brother-eater.Archinobilim, lord of crawling death.Indolith, he sees all.And the last, Sor Molg, the earth-blighting giant and the butcher of empires.They enter Brann’s broken body. They fill him with their hunger and their wrath. Now, he rises, not as a ruler of light, but as the host of nightmare.Once chosen to bring peace, Brann will now bring revenge. And the first names on his list are his own.Betrayal births monsters. And Brann is ready to show his family what one looks like.