Truthmarked

In a world embroiled in the Hundred Years War, Annise Gäric aims to reclaim the northern throne from Castle Hill while her cousin Rhea Loren leads a naval campaign against Blackstone. Roan Loren and Gwendolyn Storm navigate the treacherous Tangle in search of the fatemarked's true purpose. As a civil war erupts following the murder of a Calypsian empress, the struggle for power intensifies, and a rebel group in Phanes fights against rampant slavery. Meanwhile, the ominous figure of the Kings' Bane plots to assassinate eight rulers, believing it will fulfill an ancient prophecy and bring peace to the Four Kingdoms.