CAPTAIN NIALL HAS SPENT A LIFETIME RUNNING FROM A CROWN HE NEVER WANTED.

For centuries, the World’s Divide has marked the edge of existence—an impenetrable wall separating two worlds and keeping ancient wounds buried. On one side, the kingdom of Virisinigne now faces annihilation. On the other lies the unknown.

Under siege and sure to lose, the king recalls his estranged seventh son—his last hope—and demands the impossible. Compelled by duty, Niall answers, expecting to be enlisted to fight. However, when his father hastily hands him a pendant, commands him to sail through the Divide, and plead for mercy, he begins to realise how unique his calling is.

Confronted by a realm shaped by magic, mistrust, and dragons, Niall wonders if he is truly the man for the job. But if he cannot be the prince he has spent his life trying to ignore and find a way to mend aeons of division in a world where all bow to a deity of fire, everything will burn…