The Kingdom of Rose

Death has never been enough to make Azessha let go.Delil is dead. Voltra can rebuild the body, reinforce the broken flesh, and return something beautiful to Azessha's arms-but what comes back refuses to remain confined to a corpse. As the gardens spread, Delil spreads with them, awakening inside the same impossible network of dead minds that has already made Azessha something far more dangerous than a single creature.On Feara, an ancient war is waiting for them. The Corvid Theocracy has spent centuries trying to conquer a world that refuses to stay conquered, and its armies have returned believing one more crusade can finally succeed. Instead, they find Azessha. Every battlefield gives her more soldiers. Every fallen fortress gives her more territory. And when the survivors of Feara discover that faith, undeath, pleasure, and conquest can all speak the same language, a new kingdom begins growing beneath the ruins.But Voltra has never been interested in ruling a cave, a fortress, or even a planet. When an entire occupation fleet descends within reach, the question is no longer whether Azessha and her growing court can survive the war.It is how much of the enemy they can take with them when they leave.The garden has found its kingdom. Now it needs a throne.