As the end of an age approaches, blood soaks the earth, twisted prophecies wield immeasurable power, and tyrants demand impossible sacrifices.

While Prince Alexander’s mind is strangled by an evil magic, his betrothed, Zofia, is on her way to unite their kingdoms against a terrible darkness that threatens both realms: The Spirit Eaters.

On the distant shores of Illyria, Cynane?the bride of a mad king?finally discovers the deadly consequences of Smoke Blood magic.

And marooned together on an island, Katerina and Hephaestion push the boundaries of loyalty and love as they learn of lost civilizations and of a weapon that could help them do the impossible: kill the last living god.

That is, if they find him before Jacob does.

New York Times-bestselling author Eleanor Herman deftly reimagines the reign of the world’s most brilliant ruler, Alexander the Great, in book 3 of the Blood of Gods and Royals quartet.