By that point, it had become clear that she was not, and would never go, insane. When she was nine, I watched her mourn her father. Again when she was five I watched her sit at her father's knee, listening raptly to his tales of the gods. I next visited when she was two, toddling after her mother with great determination. I waited for her to go mad, and felt pity, but nothing more. Where other infants were fascinated by the world around them, she was constantly preoccupied by the second soul nestled against her own. She watched me back, unusually quiet and solemn even then. I crept in through the nursery window and perched on the railing of her crib to watch her. (Nahadoth is the one our masters fear most during those hours, not me.) I first met her when she was an infant. I have checked in on our investment now and again over the years, sneaking out of the palace on moonless nights. This is not really the first time I've seen her. Not this moment, as she stands trembling in the lift alcove, her heartbeat so loud that it drums against my ears. S HE LOOKS SO MUCH LIKE E NEFA, I think, the first time I see her. If you would like to use material from the book (other than for review purposes), prior written permission must be obtained by contacting the publisher at Thank you for your support of the author's rights. Copyright Act of 1976, the scanning, uploading, and electronic sharing of any part of this book without the permission of the publisher is unlawful piracy and theft of the author's intellectual property. Includes a never before seen story set in the world of the Inheritance Trilogy. Can they stand together against the chaos that threatens? Shahar and Sieh: mortal and god, lovers and enemies. Yet her duty as Arameri heir is to uphold the family's interests, even if that means using and destroying everyone she cares for.Īs long-suppressed rage and terrible new magics consume the world, the Maelstrom - which even gods fear - is summoned forth. She yearns to trust Sieh, the godling she loves. Shahar, last scion of the family, must choose her loyalties. Yet they are all that stands between peace and world-spanning, unending war. Now the gods are free, and the Arameri's ruthless grip is slipping. For two thousand years the Arameri family has ruled the world by enslaving the very gods that created mortalkind. Shahar and the godling Sieh must face off against the terrible magic threatening to consume their world in the incredible conclusion to the Inheritance Trilogy, from Hugo award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.
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