Doctoral candidate Clara Vance and professor Julian Thorne must sever his academic authority before desire and sabotage consume Obsidian Peak.

Crisis strategist Sloane Vale and hotel heir Vaughn Mercier must survive an armed revolt, a flooded fortress, and the secret marriage that made them step-siblings.

Mortuary engineer Priya Rao survives an impossible death and discovers reaper Ruhan has erased seven of her previous lives from the Living Ledger.

Salvage captain Sela Ardent enters Marakai’s whale-glass palace and hears her dead mother’s heartbeat powering the drowned kingdom.

Truth-seeker Nessa Vey enters Varek’s fractured Nightglass Court and hears her murdered sister speaking from behind the Oracle’s mask.

Cartographer Sabine Vale enters the Black Sun Citadel to reclaim her stolen name from demon sovereign Malach—and finds her erased past inside his living shadow.

Salvage diver Imani Baptiste fakes an engagement to the Salt King—then learns their vow demands he drown her before the next dawn.

Cartographer Maya Santoso infiltrates a rain-hoarding palace and finds her missing sister’s heartbeat inside the dangerous queen she cannot resist.

Weather hacker Mara Vance crashes a fae auction to reclaim her valley’s stolen tomorrow—and discovers Thorn Prince Rowan has wagered her true name.

Translator Samira Qadir must bind herself to two rival fae princes to rewrite the living treaty devouring her city—then survive the truth inked on their backs.