Aislynn has lived too long in a world that ended a thousand years ago. As an immortal, she has endured the death of magic, the fall of empires, and centuries of unrelenting grief. Now she seeks the one mercy she’s never known—true oblivion. The relic she hunts will end all of existence, erasing every wound the universe has ever suffered, but the last wizard has other plans.

Undead and cunning, he wove a prophecy around Aislynn’s journey and has waited a millennium for its fulfillment. He doesn’t want to stop her—he needs her to succeed. Not to destroy everything, but to spark a cosmic rebirth: a new world rising from the ashes of the old.

Then Aislynn meets Wraith, a forsaken hunter marked by strange pale eyes and even stranger power. Their bond, unexpected and undeniable, challenges everything she thought she knew. For the first time in centuries, Aislynn hesitates. For the first time ever, Wraith believes.

As prophecy tightens its grip, three fates collide: a weary immortal craving an end, a lich trapped by what was and what could be, and a hunter who might forge a third path.

In a universe caught between death and resurrection, in the space between an ending and a beginning, the greatest magic may be knowing when to let go—and when to hold on.

Recipient of the Regal Summit Book Award for fantasy.