Strings of the Forsaken
In an empire that worships bloodline and burns what it fears, Kael was never supposed to matter. A starving orphan adopted by a noble family who wanted nothing but a son,....
In an empire that worships bloodline and burns what it fears, Kael was never supposed to matter. A starving orphan adopted by a noble family who wanted nothing but a son, he enters the empire's most prestigious academy as an unremarkable swordsman — while a power he can't explain sleeps just beneath the surface. Every mind he touches becomes his to command. Every mind he takes leaves something behind. As rivalries sharpen, secrets accumulate, and the Crown's attention creeps closer to a family that has no idea what they've taken in, Kael must decide how much of himself he's willing to lose to protect the people he loves — and how long he can keep pretending the voices in his head are a price he can keep paying alone.