In a land where beasts roam the plains and the valleys, and vile monsters sprout wings to scale the highest city walls, the five Gods of Elysium have created a race called the Divine; human vessels for Their elements. These individuals are endowed with greater power to fight the evils of the terrestrial realm. When Lilith Oak is Anointed Divine by Constantine, God of Aether, she is thrust into a whole new world of dark magic, vicious warfare, and vengeance. Somehow she must learn how to control the abyss that is Aether, whilst overcoming grief in order to unite with her new family in Divination. Rhéa DaSylvà, a young Enchantress of the Obsydían Marsh, abandons the Ilíos coven to pursue a comfortable life at the side of her beloved. Her plans are disrupted when she is presented with an impossible task: to serve a covetous man or lose her only love. The Era of Shadows has blanketed Augusta for over a century, and now these two women are expected to end the Great Divine’s one-hundred-year campaign against the Empire. On separate sides of Augusta, Lilith and Rhéa are forced to choose between the good of the Empire and their only living kin.

Since Larkin’s death, Lilith has been focusing intently on her training, pouring all her energy into progressing as a Divine. That is, until she burns out. When malady strikes, Lilith learns the true meaning of family, and she sees the extent to which her fellow Divine would go for her. But if these debilitating episodes are a punishment for her crimes, she is willing to pay the price. When pushed her to extremes, she is forced to lock grips with the most dangerous woman in the world in order to regain her godly strength. Meanwhile, those closest to Lilith are not who they seem to be, and every day she moves further and further away from the girl she used to be and closer to the monster looming on the horizon. After overcoming grief several times, does she have what it takes to survive the heaviest loss of them all? Her new life. Her new family. Her freedom. Herself.

Lilith has sacrificed everything and more to defeat the Great Divine. Captured by Spiro at the last battle, she is forced to bend to his every last desire. The problem is: obey and face the Blood Oath; disobey and face his wrath. From within his lair she must confront enemies and old friends, family and forgiveness. On the other side of the Empire, Hestîa marches with Augusta’s fiercest warriors and their fearless leader, General Achilles, to pursue an alliance with the estranged community, the Vunosoï. The success or failure of this mission could cost them victory against the Great Divine, but at every fork in the road, Augusta’s errant heir lurks. Hanging in the balance is any hope of a world free of Spiro’s treachery and his army of beasts. If the final sacrifice is not only her life but those she holds most dear, can Lilith overcome herself to bring down Spiro?