He's a murdered prince with seven days before he becomes a monster. She's an outcast necromancer who might be his only hope. Teyra Tepes brews tea for the dead in the poorest district of Athergard, a gothic city where ghosts linger and old power runs deep. Her life is small, quiet, and barely surviving. Then a stranger walks out of the rain. A solid ghost with a royal signet ring and no memory of how he died. His name is Ash, and in seven days his soul will tear itself apart. To save him, Teyra will need a ruthless information broker who trades in secrets, the woman who murdered Ash and now wants to atone, and a magic that could consume her from the inside. The closer she gets to the truth, the more the city's buried darkness reaches back. A gothic romantasy with an immersive world, a cast of morally complex characters, and a slow-burn romance that will stay with you long after the last page. The Final Steep is the first book in The Athergard Trilogy.