When ancient magic awakens and the Cycle turns once more, four destined souls must rise—or the world will fall into ruin.

The seals of the Shattered Gate are failing.

Beneath the earth, an evil older than kingdoms begins to stir. The Cycle, the great turning of fate and flame, has begun again. Scattered across a fractured realm, four strangers—each unknowingly tethered to a piece of the broken Ember Crown—are being drawn together by dreams, prophecy, and power they do not yet understand.

• Elias, a blacksmith’s apprentice plagued by visions of fire and a destiny he cannot escape.

• Thalia, a noble’s daughter with frost in her veins and a kingdom on the brink of war.

• Cassian, a cursed warrior wrestling the beast within—and the cost of control.

• Ren, a hidden apprentice of the Weavers, torn between ancient oaths and the voice of the Cycle calling her away.

But in the shadows, the Obsidian Hand rises, a secretive cult devoted to the return of Vaelar, the exiled Void King. As the shards of the Crown awaken in the Emberborn, the world races toward a reckoning, and the Sanctuary of Embers—long thought sealed—begins to crack.

For fans of The Wheel of Time, The Stormlight Archive, and The Broken Earth Trilogy, The Shattered Gate begins an unforgettable epic of elemental magic, mythic legacy, and the burning question at the heart of fate:

Can the Cycle ever truly be broken?