Elegy of the Black Sun

(An epic fantasy set in an alternate history, with a serious tone, an ensemble cast, and multiple storylines)

On the continent of Ilavia, after the gods have departed, the old world still clings to its last warmth through oaths, hearth fires, river offerings, and songs of heroes. Meanwhile, the Black Iron Empire in the east proclaims a new age that needs no gods, with railways, steam, artillery, and black furnaces.

An endless winter descends on the northern frontier. The Sacred Mountain falls silent, the Black River no longer answers its rites, and dragon blood stirs deep within the volcano.

The hero of the north, the demigod’s daughter, an imperial engineer, the queen of the riverlands, the prince of dragon blood, household spirits, forest wardens, and the last memorialist will each follow their own fate beneath the shadow of the awakening Black Sun.

When the gods fall silent and the railway crosses the mountains, humanity may finally have won its future. But the world that once answered its people is gone.