A fae assassin must push past her breaking point to protect her new magical home from monstrous invaders in the fifth book of this portal fantasy series.
SJ's levelling-up has given her impossible powers--even for a dragon-blooded, god-backed fae assassin. She's become an esteemed figure in her adopted hometown of Killic, but her irreverent spirit wonders if she can handle the ever-increasing responsibility to protect all who need her. Then, when her unprecedented abilities mistakenly open up Killic's defensive boundaries, the town suddenly finds itself under siege by a massive army of monsters and magic-wielders led by a disgraced draconian noble with his sights set on revenge.
Fighting to save the innocent villagers, SJ and her friends are only seconds ahead of the assailants' ruthless strikes. And worse, the System ruling Amathera has had enough of SJ breaking its arbitrary gaming rules and has forbidden her god, Nexis, from helping her. Now she has no choice but to improvise on the front lines, but when a disastrous oversight leads to Killic's fall, its inhabitants are left enslaved and its forces splintered across a shattered landscape.
Battling grief and her own guilt, SJ learns of the one enemy the invaders fear most. It's the secret weapon she needs to take Killic back, but locating it means a perilous journey through storm-scorched deserts fraught with dark magic and unknown creatures. And when an ancient legacy unveils the truth of the realm's shrouded past, everything SJ once thought she knew is thrown into question. To save the world she's come to love and ensure the safety of her closest companions, she'll have to make sacrifices that could either stack fate's merciless ledgers in her favour--or exact a devastating price higher than she can pay.
The fifth volume of the hit LitRPG adventure series--with more than 500,000 views on Royal Road--now available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook!
Tropes include: stranger in a strange world, unlikely hero, revenge plot, and found family.