Fifteen thousand years after the War of the Gods, and their corpses lie scattered across the world. Men and women awake with strange powers that are derived from the bodies of the gods. While some see these powers as a gift, most call them a curse.
When Ayae - a young cartographer's apprentice in the city of Mireea - is trapped in a burning building, a dormant power comes to life within her. The flames destroy everything around her, but she remains unscathed. This curse makes her a target for an army determined to reclaim the corpse of the god, Ger, who lies dying beneath the city, and harness his power for themselves.
As the army approaches ever closer, the saboteur Bueralan and his mercenary group, Dark, look to infiltrate and learn its weaknesses. Alone in a humid, dangerous land, they find themselves witness to rites so appalling that they realize it would take the gods themselves to halt the enemy's attack - and even they may not be enough.
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