The Fates Divide

Cyra Noavek and Akos Kereseth each carry a fate spoken by an oracle at birth, and the fates, once given, cannot be escaped. Akos loves Cyra even though his own fate is to die in service to her family.

Her father, Lazmet Noavek, a tyrant believed dead, returns to take back the Shotet throne. Akos is certain his death is now nearer than before. Lazmet soon starts a brutal war.

Cyra and Akos set out to stop him, whatever it costs them. For Cyra, that may mean killing the man who might or might not be her father. For Akos, it may mean giving up his own life.

This is the second book of a duology, following Carve the Mark, and it brings the story to its close. The narration moves between four points of view, and the question running through it is how far a fate can be bent, and what it asks in return.