Disillusioned and suffering from an unspeakable trauma, former Templar Cullen Rutherford joins the Inquisition to help quell the Knight Rebellion and fashion a new peace out of chaos. However, a dark lord has begun to rise, murdering the Templar leaders and warping them with terrible power. In this beautifully written tale, Cullen keeps a journal in which he struggles with withdrawals, guilt, and trauma, while desperately trying to keep the Inquisition from falling apart. Things begin to change when an elven mage arrives, wielding a strange magic of her own.

Written in brief, accessible chapters, this sweeping fiction gives explores the human cost of blind faith.

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