Warden's Oath, The

Princess Fiona is a political hostage in a gilded cage, a pawn in a game between her tyrannical father and a desperate prince. She lives in a world bleeding out from the Withering, a magical plague her father has learned to weaponize. Her only hope—and the kingdom’s—lies in an ancient prophecy: four lost heirs must unite in a Convergence to heal the land. But within the secret archives of her prison, Fiona uncovers a horrifying truth. The prophecy is a lie. Across the blighted kingdom, a charismatic rebel leader searches for the other heirs, clinging to the prophecy as a banner of hope. His quest leads him to a broken mercenary with a terrifying, untamed fire burning in her soul, a woman who despises saviors and trusts only steel. They are all pieces of a puzzle they don't understand, hunted by kings and princes who would use them for their own ends. For the prophecy does not call for heroes; it demands a sacrifice. Three heirs are destined to be the fuel, and the fourth, a vessel for a ritual that will not save the world, but break it. As a terrifying vision reveals the true face of their enemy—a shadowy mastermind orchestrating their doom to achieve godhood—the game is shattered. Alliances fracture, loyalties are betrayed, and empires crumble into chaos. Scattered, hunted, and armed with a devastating truth, the four heirs must now race against time and a looming war to forge their own destiny. They must find an alternative path to salvation before the architect of their ruin claims his throne and their world is plunged into an age of unending darkness.