The Sin Eater

Under the glittering chandeliers of Burkhart’s annual debutant ball, every hopeful waits to be chosen as Crown Prince Anton’s future queen—an honor that would bind their family forever to the royal bloodline. Will, dragged reluctantly by his best friend Prince Lukas, would rather be anywhere else. Lukas, already pledged to Queen Aihen of Vercallae, seeks an alliance strong enough to stand against the dark threat of the Sin Eater—a legendary force foretold to unleash chaos upon the world.

But whispers of a strange sickness on the coast shatter the court’s fragile calm. Fish wash ashore rotten; farmers fall ill, birds plunge into walls, and rats burst in the streets. As panic mounts, Will’s father races to uncover the plague’s origin, while Lily Kane—returned from years of secret martial training—reenters society bearing her own burden. Though childhood bonds spark between Lily and Will, both find themselves changed by time and duty.

When fire erupts in the castle, all pretenses of celebration are swept away. The King lies dead on his throne, and Anton has vanished into the night. Thrust together by fate, Will, Lily, Lukas, and Aihen must navigate courtly betrayal, a spreading contagion, and the ever-looming specter of the Sin Eater before darkness consumes them all.