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On a forgotten chain of islands near Volterra, an ancient vampire named Cordelia Vale has spent nearly two thousand years alone-surrounded only by ruins, graves, and the ghost of the king who destroyed everything she once knew. When the Volturi uncover the truth behind the erased empire of Lucian Vang, they find not a monster, but a survivor frozen in time.
As buried memories return and long-suppressed grief awakens a devastating power known as white fire, Cordelia is forced to confront the truth of her past-her transformation, her captivity, and the obsession that shaped her existence. With the help of Priscilla Vang and the uneasy watch of the Volturi, she burns away the remnants of a forgotten tyrant's legacy, island by island, until nothing remains but truth, ashless light, and the question of who she is without her pain.
A dark, tragic vampire saga of isolation, memory, destruction, and rebirth-where healing does not mean forgetting, and even legends must learn how to live again.