Jinua is a paladin, granted powers by the gods and sent on missions to protect their interests in the mortal realm.
Ontiku is a necromancer, hated by gods and mortals alike.
After their unlikely alliance against Enejel, the two follow the evil queen’s trail to the city of Capulstos, certain that they’ll go their separate ways as soon as the mission is complete—assuming they don’t kill each other, first. But what should be a simple investigation gets complicated by the presence of a city-wide plague, caused by Hetgarib, the god of disease.
As Ontiku risks exposing himself as a hated necromancer and Jinua risks the wrath of the gods, the two find themselves once again unlikely allies. Though neither one knows whether this alliance—or their lives—will survive a city full of death, disease, and vengeance.
C. M. Alongi is a sci-fi/fantasy author and content creator best known for her TikTok series CaFae Latte. Her first novel, Citadel, was nominated for a MN Book Award. She graduated from Hamline University with a double bachelor’s in history and social justice in 2017. When she’s not creating, she’s taking long walks, getting tangled in crochet projects, and defending her furniture from her roommates’ evil cats.
Katherine Littrell is a Sydney-based audiobook narrator who studied English literature at Bryn Mawr College. She has lived in the United States and the U.K. but is glad to be back home in Australia, where she enjoys knitting, making furniture, and talking out loud to herself in small spaces.