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He was never meant to exist.
She was never meant to be taken.
And the gods are not finished with either of them.
Zagreus grew up in the quiet town of Burdusk, unaware he was the forbidden son of the god Kelemvor and the goddess Sharess. Hidden from the Raven Queen's wrath, he lived a mortal life-charming, brilliant, and drawn to ancient relics without knowing why.
At the academy, he meets Elaia: a sharp, fiery scholar who challenges him, steadies him, and captures his heart in a single argument. Their slow-burn affection becomes everything... until the night she vanishes.
Believing she abandoned him breaks him.
The truth will remake him.
Years later, Zagreus is a rising power in the Lords' Alliance, a charismatic broker of relics with influence and wealth-yet still haunted by loss. When undead creatures attack his hometown, he fights beside unlikely heroes and uncovers a secret that shatters his world:
Elaia didn't leave. She was taken.
And she is still alive.
A cult of dragon-worshippers is kidnapping divine-blooded descendants to fuel monstrous rituals. Their Red Wizard races toward Waterdeep, seeking to control the legendary dragon turtle-and Zagreus is the only one who can stop him.
Joined by a kitsune sorcerer, a brass dragonborn cleric, a chaotic kobold rogue, and his fiercely loyal hellhound, Zagreus begins a relentless hunt across Faerûn for the cult that stole the woman he loves.
But the wizard knows Zagreus's secret.
His divine blood may be the cult's next prize.
And the truth lurking in the shadows is far more dangerous than he ever imagined.
A story of stolen fates, forbidden lineage, slow-burn love, and rising destiny-Book One of The Godborn Chronicles begins the journey of a man who was never meant to survive... yet may be the only one who can save her.