The Longest Night: Book 1 of The Apocryphal Restoration

Lyra freed Themelios by keeping the Promise, but refused to stay and watch the chaos that ensued.

Ten years on, nations that had banded together to battle the tyrannical Mistiros look to each other. Wartime leaders, eager to maintain the prestige gained in war, look at their old friends and see a means to prolong their power. Borders writhe on the map, citizens clamour for glory, and all the while the pados, followers of the Gods, sit in silence, humbly waiting for their patience to bear fruit.

In the eye of this maelstrom, at the southern-most tip of the world, a mother struggles to keep her family together and her children safe. But nowhere on Themelios is safe from the return of the Gods.