Adi rides toward the seat and learns the truth that bends the entire war: the seat is not a throne.
It is older than iron. A covenant — and it cannot be sat by appropriation. Only by being recognized. Kasembe has built a counterfeit court. Nyota awakens her Hearthless inheritance as the witness the seat requires.
A sacred court convenes. The empire's living and dead sit in judgment together. A judgement falls.
Book Four of The Ironsong Cycle. Mature themes — explicit content.
