A prophetic dream. An island drowning in sorrow. A djinn who feeds on grief itself.

Rukes, Blademaster of Urlas, has walked between worlds before... But when visions of a distant island plague his dreams—where shadows weep and manifestations of grief walk among the living—he knows the barriers between realms are fraying in ways he never imagined.

On the Isle of Marmara, an ancient copper lamp has been dredged from the depths, unleashing a force that transforms sorrow into living nightmare. The dead appear to torment the living. Guilt takes physical form. And at the heart of it all waits Nasira, a djinn of terrible beauty who amplifies human grief until it consumes everything it touches.

But Nasira is no mere monster to be slain. She is chaos incarnate, a force of transformation who sees suffering as evolution. And the rogue djinn following in her wake threaten to tear reality apart.

As Rukes battles through manifestations of his own deepest regrets, he must forge an impossible alliance: work with the very entity causing the crisis, or watch as emotional wounds become doorways for creatures that should never exist in the mortal realm.

Some boundaries should never be crossed. Others must be crossed to save them.

From J.T. Williams comes a haunting tale of grief made manifest, where a warrior must confront not just supernatural threats, but the sorrows that define us all.