"I send my word.
I send my cord.
Thus saith the Lord."

The Cuprula have always lived beneath the storm. They trade their wares, offer their prayers, and wage their wars — never questioning the world the gods granted them.

Until the day the sky splits open and the being called the High Prince descends. He claims to speak for the gods themselves. He conquers without armies, subdues without bloodshed, and bends entire cities with nothing but his word and his cord.

Who is he?

What does he truly want from the storm children?

And will the Cuprula kneel to this bloodless conqueror or shatter their world trying to remain free?