"In every ending, you are standing. Bloodied and broken. But you are alone, as the world burns to ash behind you."Vera Thorne was meant to wield the Aether. But now, consumed by guilt and severed from the force that once made her unstoppable, Vera is left hollow, unable to reach it. She journeys to Arcane, the only place that may hold the answers she seeks. Time is running out, and a single choice looms. Vera must finally decide what kind of world she's willing to save and what she must unleash to do it.While Vera struggles to reclaim what she's lost, Aklys travels with the Bain, unable to outrun the power writhing within her. When Aklys risks her life to save another, she stumbles down a path of retribution and revelation, all the while uncovering a dangerous truth-one which alters the foundation of her world and everyone in it. A truth the Aetherborne desperately needs to hear. The only question is, will Aklys reach Vera before it's too late?