As a ward of Voltis County, Marilyse Beaujean has spent her entire life growing up in a provincial backwater. Yet her foster family is built upon terrible secrets. For centuries the Royal Inquisition has persecuted all things magical, hiding sorcery from the public and safeguarding the lie of a sane andstable world. Thanks to that lie, the Kingdom of Corelay stands. Now that lie is ending. The dark powers of the Unapproachable East have returned, and they have learned from their past mistakes. As war breaks out and the land descends into chaos, a new band of heroes must delve into a demimonde of monsters, conspiracies, and dark magic to discover the secret of her origins. And finish an impossible quest begun long ago by her parents…to save the world from cosmic horror.