Embers of the Forge

It came without warning.
The Sun Plague devoured the stars.
The last survivors escaped into the Forge, thinking they had outrun the end.
But here, the dead do not rest. They return.

Among the living, Raven is an outcast. Among the dead, she is never alone. The living are bound by the truth they are given, and her place in the Covenant is secure—so long as she never asks. But what the dead reveal only makes her question everything.

Raised far from the politics of the Covenant, Kieran’s life was meant to be simple ... repairs, schematics, and quiet days in the ship yard. But shadows from before his adoption creep into his dreams: flames, fractured voices, a pull toward something vast and dangerous. And the ship hidden in the shipyard, the one even he barely remembers — will not wait forever.

The Vaults hum with ancient purpose — secrets carved into metal and light.
And some secrets will pull strangers onto the same path.

The fire has not yet begun. These are only the embers.