Author: Ruth Frances Long
Genres: Genre Fiction
The city of Amberes teeters on a knife-edge. The return of the unpredictable King Francisco brings chaos and resentment, while deep inside the Imperial Temple, Inquisitor Tiberius is plotting against almost-reformed thief Lyta Cornellis for reasons of his own.
When the goddess of Amberes selects Lyta's beloved Sylvian as her Chosen, he must keep the peace in a city lurching headlong into outright revolution, forcing yet another wedge between them. Lyta has worries enough. From the unnatural shine in her brother, Kit's, eyes and the glow on his skin, she can guess where the thing that crawled out of the Nether has taken refuge. As Kit struggles to keep a fragile grip on his mind, he is drawn into the politics of his guild and the familiar siren call of sedition.
As Lyta tries desperately to hold her world and her patchwork family together, a dark prophecy about two siblings heralds the coming of a newborn god, a god whose rising could bring about the end of Amberes itself.
At the heart of it all is a long forgotten ritual - a ritual that starts with the bell, the book and the candle - and bringing all three together will take the heist to end all heists.
Author: Ruth Frances Long
Genres: Genre Fiction
The city of Amberes teeters on a knife-edge. The return of the unpredictable King Francisco brings chaos and resentment, while deep inside the Imperial Temple, Inquisitor Tiberius is plotting against almost-reformed thief Lyta Cornellis for reasons of his own.
When the goddess of Amberes selects Lyta's beloved Sylvian as her Chosen, he must keep the peace in a city lurching headlong into outright revolution, forcing yet another wedge between them. Lyta has worries enough. From the unnatural shine in her brother, Kit's, eyes and the glow on his skin, she can guess where the thing that crawled out of the Nether has taken refuge. As Kit struggles to keep a fragile grip on his mind, he is drawn into the politics of his guild and the familiar siren call of sedition.
As Lyta tries desperately to hold her world and her patchwork family together, a dark prophecy about two siblings heralds the coming of a newborn god, a god whose rising could bring about the end of Amberes itself.
At the heart of it all is a long forgotten ritual - a ritual that starts with the bell, the book and the candle - and bringing all three together will take the heist to end all heists.
Hodderscape
November 20th, 2026
