After a confrontation with the Center, the pirate island of Corinspe is left reeling. Captain Theo ushers in a new era for the crew of the Scorned Woman while Avery Vaith begins her own journey an ocean away. With a reclassification looming, the tension in Baethos is palpable. How will they maneuver through a convoluted world where politics is paramount, alliances cannot be trusted, and no one's motives are ever clear?

After three months in a coma, Alia wakes in a hospital bed alone and in pain. With no friends or family, her only emergency contact is the ex she broke up with just days before her accident. To make matters worse, the nurse in her wing seems to be causing panic attacks and migraines from her presence alone. Alia wants to forget and move on, but how can she when everything seems to want to linger? Who is this nurse that is always around? How will she shake off her ex? Will her life ever return to normal? Will there be love waiting on the other side?

The gods have never been more alive. Or powerful. Tayah and Kára believe themselves to be the last surviving originals of the five gods, only they could not be more wrong. As Ares begins to make more sense in the realm of ill truths and lies, Tayah starts to fear what is really true or false. Stormbringer has vowed to stand beside her through anything but that becomes more difficult when the gods are now at odds. Caught between a brewing war of power and destruction the originals and companions are soon hunted by one much more dangerous than they have ever encountered. What is worse... Odin is firmly on high to ensure his hold on the realms never changes-no matter the cost. "The gods envy you. They always have."