On the continent of Aislan, the Church of Holy Light has reigned for a thousand years, decreeing necromancy a forbidden and unforgivable crime. At eighteen, noble maiden Lya Estland awakens a surge of dark magic from her palm during her awakening ritual. Overnight, the beloved eldest daughter of a duke becomes a fugitive, hunted relentlessly by the Knights Templar. Her father publicly strikes her name from the family register to preserve its honor — for her mother died by necromancy, and the pain is more than he can bear. Cornered and desperate, Lya flees into a cursed graveyard, where she awakens Sebastian, the thousand-year immortal knight sworn to Vellian — the world's first necromancer. Fragments of Vellian's memories flood Lya's mind, unveiling a lie the Church has woven for a millennium. She breaks free of the gilded cage of the Dark Lord's castle, steps into the corpse-stenched, fog-shrouded Forest of Death, and follows a winding trail of blood and snow. Love and hatred guide her footsteps toward a barren land where pale bone-flowers have just bloomed — the Garden of Fate, a sanctuary that will rewrite the destiny of every living soul and every departed spirit across Aislan.
