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When faith is currency and gods are slaves, power flows not from the heavens but from bureaucrats'''' pens. The Gordean Tetrarchy maintains its iron grip through the Elevated—humans with godlike powers over single concepts, from heat to sharpness, their abilities growing stronger with each assigned believer.Yet three lives are about to shatter this careful balance:Irthal, a young sailor haunted by his heritage, leads his childhood friends on a desperate voyage north to the legendary city of Sevastha. But his quest for answers will unleash horrors that should have remained buried in alabaster ruins.Lithas, an Elevated and weapon merchant, plays both sides of a cold war until the flames of conflict consume everything she built. Now a prisoner of her own ambitions, she discovers she''''s merely a pawn in a far deadlier game.Omvar, a jaded bureaucrat in the Ministry of Faith, balances divine power with the stroke of a pen. But when ancient artifacts and conspiracies surface in the grand Tetrarchy city of Kel, he must choose between the system he serves and the truths he discovers.As they make their mark on the world, the Tetrarchy''''s foundations begin to crack. Belief shapes reality. Who, then, can be trusted, when faith itself becomes a weapon?