It's hard enough being the Endbearer-with the deadly weapon that everyone covets-but Ediline is also a new advisor for her twin brother, the new king. Then, the traitor god Loethe just appears in her bedroom, even though he died seven hundred years ago. He warns her-the Desolation returns. Despite having something like belonging, something like happiness, Ediline must face this threat from the long past that no one believes. At the same time, the Church of the Lords summons her family to answer for the crimes of her late father and eldest brother-also to try Ediline for heresy. With her love and her friends, Edilined must navigate a deadly and capable templar, her growing power, and a new fearsome enemy that cannot be seen. All to ward off the Desolation. If she fails at any challenge, everything will be lost.