An Aria of Thorns and Embers

A slumbering sovereign awakens after a thousand years to a world bled of its magic. To survive, she forges an unbreakable, life-or-death pact with the mortal scholar who woke her, tethering his soul to her fading power. Their reluctant alliance launches a desperate quest across a decaying land to reclaim her fragmented memories and god-like abilities. But a horrifying truth awaits: her soul was violently sundered, and her dark, twisted other half now hunts them from the shadows. As she battles relentless forces and the monster born from her own pain, she must decide what she is willing to sacrifice for power, and what she will risk for the man who has become her anchor in a faithless age.