"I was the creator of my own tragedy."
Benjamin Sophel awakens inside the world of his unfinished childhood story. A world once shaped by his imagination, now spiralling beyond his control.
Each year, one soul is cursed by a god and becomes the Ariafallen. Unless they are slain, reality itself begins to fracture and decay.
Reborn as Orvest Heartsong, a gifted musician bound to the power of Divine Instruments, he must uphold the brutal cycle he once created: find the Ariafallen, and kill them before the world collapses.
But this year, fate turns against him.
The new Fatemarked is the King himself, Rose Cadence, and he refuses to die.
As the King flees, the world shatters. Darker magic seeps into the land. Monsters awaken from ancient dreams. Music, once a gift, becomes a weapon.
To save the world he abandoned, Orvest must master his music, hunt the King, and make a decision.
Continue the curse he authored...
Or destroy the god who cursed it.