The Veil of Takhsha

<p>The kingdom of Emari is unraveling. </p><p>Farah Rahnema-once the feared Hand of the Mashyana-has traded obedience for uneasy purpose. Sent to the coastal town of Sakasan she expects resistance. Instead she finds something far more terrifying a village wrapped in stillness a people drained of will and a quiet that hums with unnatural power. As unrest simmers beneath the surface a relic's corrupting influence begins to unravel Farah's control. </p><p>Beside her Yasher fights to protect the woman he loves though his Luck has turned cruel and the rift between them grows. Pari the young Voice of an absent god clings to faith as divine silence stretches into dread. And Jeta Yasher's sharp-tongued tutor digs for truth beneath the ruins even as shadows rise to swallow them all. </p><p>In a kingdom built on belief what survives when the gods go silent? </p><p>Surrounded by decay hunted by secrets and fractured from within Farah and Yasher must confront the cost of power-and the truth of what they've become.</p>