Publisher's Synopsis
The truth is out, but the sanctuary is breached. Though Lyra Vahn exposed the Unraveler's existence, the Great Library of Aethel, nexus of all timelines, is now under subtle siege. Sabotage cripples critical systems, historical records corrupt inexplicably, and paranoia grips the Chronal Order, with Lyra and the paradoxical Kael facing suspicion from within.
As they investigate the insidious attacks, they confront terrifying "echoes"-psychic fragments and hostile memory-ghosts left behind by the Void Maw's consumption, revealing chilling clues but posing immense danger. Kael's unique nature makes him both vulnerable and resistant to these whispers of the devoured, deepening the mystery surrounding him. The shocking identity and tragic motives of the Silent Scribe are revealed, culminating in a devastating overt attack that scars the Library and anchors the parasitic Void Maw partially to their reality. Realizing defenses are futile, Lyra conceives a desperate gamble: forging the Chronomancer's Cipher, a theoretical weapon woven from forbidden knowledge and Kael's volatile energy. But their mission to test it leads to a brutal confrontation, a costly capture, and the horrifying realization that the true war has just begun-beyond the Library walls, in the Maw's own domain.
