by CT Markrislo
For three centuries, the Glacian Empire has ruled the world on stolen power. The Malier—once elemental sovereigns—now live as living batteries, their shackled DNA siphoned through a process called Sequencing. Grey-eyed and compliant, they fuel the Empire’s frozen megacities while their history is erased, their gods forgotten. Ren Malier was never meant to exist. Born Pure, his blood untouched by noble dilution, the Glacian shackles hold no power over him. Within Ren stirs the Azure Resonance—a primal force that can awaken the dormant power buried inside his people. A power that terrifies the Empire. A power that could burn the world back to life—or reduce it to ash. When his village is erased in a single, silent night, Ren is thrust into a rebellion older than the Empire itself. Alongside his siblings—each carrying their own vision of what Malier freedom should mean—Ren must confront a terrible truth: The chains that bind his people were not forged by enemies alone. As the legend of the Azure King spreads, Ren must decide whether he will become a savior, a weapon, or the final mistake of a fallen god-race.
