PATHS OF RECKONING: The Verdant Saga — Book Four

Their sanctuary is burning. Their powers are awakening. And every road to safety crosses a world ruled by machine dominion and immortal hunger.Fifteen years after survivors built Turner's Mill in the poisoned wilderness of the Smoky Mountains, twins Ramona and Tatiana have known the Heart-Oak as the center of their home. Ramona carries Immolation-the power of fire and destruction. Tatiana carries Verdancy-the power of growth and life. Together, they embody a balance the broken world cannot understand and its ruling powers cannot ignore.When Turner's Mill falls, the twins join Annestasia, Devon, and the scattered descendants of the Four Families on a desperate journey east. Their path leads through corrupted forests, false sanctuaries, machine-controlled territory, the reality-bending Shimmerlands, and the blood farms of the Nocturnes. Survivors, androids, vampires, and newly awakened peoples all have reasons to help them-or claim them.Beyond Charleston lies an impossible destination: Xanthis, a sanctuary untouched by the corruption consuming their world. Reaching it will require more than endurance. Ramona and Tatiana must learn to wield their opposing gifts in balance, while Annestasia confronts the truth of what she is becoming.Every refuge has a price. Every power demands a reckoning. And some paths can only be crossed by leaving the old world behind.Paths of Reckoning is Book Four of The Verdant Saga, an epic post-apocalyptic fantasy of survival, elemental magic, family, sacrifice, and hope.