Matthew Warren Boatner The Color

Take me to the place, both old and new, where dreams breathe as the living do... The Pontifex sits blind atop the ivory throne of the Ashen Cathedral, as Tara's heartlands burn. The civil war of Antigonia stokes a new age, one fueled by the fires of industry, while a southern king seeks to usurp the mandate of the Heavens and the Patrian kings alike. Reed Mason and Aura Westfall are among the ranks of the Furii. These elite warriors are members of a mercenary caste and venerated as demigods by the common man. So it has been for centuries-with the blood rite comes unnatural long life, superior sense and speed, and inhuman strength, and the Furii have long held power over their fiefs. Reed and Aura must navigate this brave new world, forced to fight their wars as the last of the old, and the first of the new. Despite the toils of petty politics, a spirit stirs in the sleeping dark. Cyrus the Raven has come a long way since his escape from the Prison Without Walls, and yet the darkness haunts him just the same. He carries with him a terrible burden, a fury sure to be released.