From the creator of “Archive of Buresvet” — fantasy saga #1 on The New York Times bestseller list — a spin-off story set between the novels “The Oathbringer” and “Rhythm of War.”
In the middle of the ocean, they find a ship on which there isn’t a single soul left. There’s reason to believe the crew perished while trying to pass through a ring of never-ending storms and reach the island of Akin. Queen Navani Kholin decides to find out what happened—and whether the semi-legendary land has fallen under the control of enemies—and sends there a sailing expedition.
The ship’s owner, Risn, can no longer sail, but now she has a winged companion—a larkin whose very sight was thought to have vanished. Chiri-Chiri is gravely ill, and the only chance to save her is to deliver her to her ancestral home—Akin. The journey through the storm barrier almost certainly means death, but sailors face another threat as well: a thinking force far more dangerous than an inhuman element that won’t allow them to reveal what must remain a secret.