The Engine of Forgotten Names

Asha Renn infiltrates Last Meridian to assassinate Regent Veyra Kest and destroy the engine that burns human names to outrun an endless ash-storm. Veyra alone remembers that Asha was the city’s First Architect, her co-ruler, and the woman who ordered herself erased from history. As false memories fracture, Asha must decide whether to trust the tyrant who preserved their love or sacrifice the last person capable of remembering her to free every stolen name.

She infiltrates a tyrant’s moving city to destroy its name-harvesting engine, then learns the woman she came to kill remembers a love she erased.