In the cursed desert of the Desertum Maris, magic dies and silence rules. Garran, a hardened mercenary, leads a brutal hunt for fugitive Beastkin—until his men begin to vanish in clouds of pink mist, torn apart by an unseen force. No spells. No warning. Just thunder.
Back in Barlow, a group of young heroes listens to Garran’s grim tale. Ethan, Blake, Akiko, and Adele know something is out there—something that chooses its targets, something that doesn’t miss.
As political powers scramble to claim the mystery for themselves, one truth remains:
Whatever haunts the sands isn’t a weapon.
It’s a reckoning.