In a world suffocating under a decade-long twilight, the Crown's most lethal Inquisitor is sent to hunt down a myth. Kaelen Thorne is clad in shadow and bound by duty. Elian Vance is the last living Sun-Weaver, hiding a power that could blind the gods. They were supposed to be enemies. But when a ruthless ancient cult forces them to survive the frozen Winter Wilds together, the rigid ice around Kaelen's heart begins to fracture. To break a cursed empire, light and shadow must finally collide—even if it burns them both to ash.