Final book of the Radiance Cycle. The steppe provinces gather under the specter of war. Alize must judge her choices, and allies, by the concessions they wish to draw from her. And while she rallies the world around the Ginmae prince, Alize conceals a terrible secret: she had not been able to save him. If the Hrumi, the Sargons, and all the people are going to survive, they will have to build their own heroes before they discover Alize's rouse. [this synopsis is still a work in progress - the book is not complete, and I will have a better idea of what to write here when I've finagled all the pieces together].Update: Realistically I'm not going to finish this until there is a ceasefire in Gaza. I have a lot of connections to people there, and have been living in a haze of agony since October. There is no space in my brain for writing stories.