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One speaks to the dead. The other stands between her and the dark.
For sixteen years, Seraphine has been a ghost in her own life. As a Speaker, her ability to hear the whispers of the fallen is not a gift. It is a death sentence. Hunted by the Hollow-Walkers and plagued by the Soul-Sleep, she has spent her life running through the shadows of a world that wants to harvest her spark. She is cold, she is exhausted, and she is reaching her limit.
Corvus Thorne is a man of iron and silence. A mercenary with no master and a Warden with no purpose, he has spent years as a hollow man, drifting through a world that feels increasingly grey. He is a shield with nothing to guard, a weapon waiting for a reason to be drawn.
Everything changes in a rain drenched tavern on the edge of the world.
When their paths collide, an ancient and forbidden magic flares to life: The Blood Tie. Suddenly, Seraphine is no longer a lone victim, and Corvus is no longer a hollow machine. They are two halves of a single, devastating force- a Speaker who can bridge the gap between life and death, and a Warden who acts as her anchor to the earth.
But the Unbound King is watching. From his throne of obsidian, he seeks the power of the Tie for himself, a parasitic hunger that has already consumed the world's light. To survive, Seraphine and Corvus must journey to the forgotten ruins of Aethelgard, a city of glass and ghosts, to master a bond they barely understand.
As the King's shadow closes in, they must decide if they are merely allies of necessity-or if the silver fire between them is a love strong enough to rewrite the laws of death itself.
In a world of silence, their bond is the only song that matters.