Of Empires and Dust

Of Empires and Dust is the fourth novel in The Bound and the Broken, spreading its war across nearly every region of Epheria at once. In the Aravell woodland, Calen Bryer deals with the fallout of the Battle of Aravell while his sister Ella lies fragmented, her mind split between worlds. In the western villages of Illyanara, Dahlen Virandr leads the defense of Salme against the unrelenting Uraks. Beneath the mountains of Lodhar, Queen Kira holds the Dwarven Freehold together as Hoffnar moves to seize it. In Valtara, Dayne Ateres hunts the people who betrayed his family while Alina readies an army to besiege the legendary Achyron's Keep. At the edge of the Burnt Lands, Rist Havel is offered a path toward power few mages have ever walked. And with word that Ilkya and Jormun have fallen, Eltoar comes face to face with Salara Ithan, a remnant of his past he thought long dead, while Kallinvar and the Knights of Achyron fight under a Blood Moon to hold back the rising Shadow.

Every thread the series has built across three novels and three novellas converges here, in the book that sets up the finale, Of Gods and Ashes.