In Etrael, power does not come by blood or birthright — it comes by dying.Every citizen awakens their Gift only when standing at the edge of death. Some unlock flame. Others command memory. A few come back with eyes that see futures.Seviah has no Gift. No fate. No worth.Until a boy dies holding her hand… and his power settles in her bones.Now, the mysterious Facility that hired her as a quiet Observer begins to fear her. The Director watches her too closely. Other trainees start dying near her. And a voice she doesn’t recognize begins to speak from inside her mind — with memories that aren’t hers.They say the dead leave their power behind.But Seviah is starting to wonder…What if they never really leave?