God is gone. The magic is still there, the judgment is still there, the license to kill is still there.
The last order given by former Inquisitor Edmund was to execute a twelve-year-old child. He didn't take action because he received a death message: the sister who was supposed to be burned to death twelve years ago was still alive.
The cyborg woman's body contains the key code that the Empire has been hunting for for five years. Orc Korn's people were captured. Elf spy Avril just wants a deleted name. Dragonborn princess Selyse is trapped by her own bloodline. Awakening AI Nolen just wants to prove that he has a soul. Nightborn priest Velda carries the cult behind her back and pursues them. Wingman Gallian used jokes to cover up the prophecies he dared not face.
Some of them hate the Holy See, some hate the Empire, and some hate themselves. No one trusts anyone, even teammates are a makeshift mess.
But the living silver is bleeding, and the star map is shining. When the first family forbidden emblem emerged from the blue living silver, everyone realized that they were not chosen by fate, but were parts designed by something.
There is only one way to the Divine Crown. The person who lives in the divine crown is not necessarily God.
The real secret is outside the star ring, at the end of the star abyss.
