Echo Fort (Sins of the Zodiac #2) by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

Description

The sky is burning.

The Reapers are hiding truths. Vampires stalk the wastes.

And I’m walking a path of ruin that can only end in death.

I’m a soul set adrift on a tide of grief and lies, a clock counting down to my own undoing. All I can do is run toward the inevitable.

The nations claw at each other in their endless war for dominance, and it’s hard to see myself as anything but a pawn in their twisted games.

The Waning Lands are screaming—drenched in blood for so long that even the rivers run red. But beneath those screams are riddles only a few of us can hear, urging us to look past the chants we repeat so blindly.

What if this war isn’t what it seems? What if victory isn’t the point at all? What if our magic isn’t the true divide between us?

My heart has hardened against the world and everyone in it, yet still I hear them calling my name. Maybe it’s time I listened—time I learned why the stars have set this fate upon us. And if not the stars… then who?

Something is rotting at the heart of our lands. And now I have a choice.

Do I hunt down the decay and try to destroy it? Or do I join it—let it swallow this world in vengeance for everything it’s taken from me?

I’m beginning to want things I shouldn’t. Desire a man I should hate. Care for a warrior I should wish to harm.

The truth is, I’m starting to feel like more than a pawn in this endless game. But if I want to be the one who rolls the dice, I’ll have to pay the price of playing for real.

I only ever wanted revenge for what I lost.

Maybe Destiny isn’t finished with me yet.

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