The Shadow of What Was Lost

Twenty years after the god-like Augurs were violently overthrown, the Gifted—those who once served them—are tolerated only if they adhere to the rebellion's strict Four Tenets, severely limiting their innate powers. Davian, a young Gifted, navigates a world that despises him for the war lost before his birth. However, his life takes a dramatic turn when he discovers he wields the forbidden, ancient powers of the Augurs, a revelation that threatens to shatter the fragile peace and ignite a new conflict. This discovery sets in motion a chain of events that will reshape the world. Meanwhile, far to the west, a mysterious young man wakes up in a forest, covered in blood and with no memory of his past, his destiny inextricably linked to Davian's. Simultaneously, in the frigid northern reaches, an ancient and long-believed-defeated enemy begins to stir, threatening to unravel the very fabric of existence and plunge the world into a new age of darkness.