Sunder of Silence

In a world that sings, silence is the ultimate weapon.Sindra is Ash-Born, a girl raised in the lightless sumps of the Iron-Sunder Kingdom. Her life is measured in quotas of ore and the rhythmic thud of Dwarven hammers. But Sindra is different. She hears the "e;ringing"e; of the stone—a high-pitched jitter that warns her when the mountain is about to move. When a routine blast unearths the Void Heart, an ancient artifact of absolute discord, Sindra's suppressed power erupts in an involuntary "e;shout"e; that levels the mines and buries her life under a million tons of obsidian.Enter Malachai, the Silent Hunter. The last of a slaughtered order of Wizards, he has spent thirty years hunting the Coven of the Void. He recognizes Sindra for what she is: a Natural Harmonic, a rare Vessel capable of processing the world's magic without being consumed by the Void.Together with Kaelen, a miner with a genius for the "e;rattle"e; of machinery, they begin a desperate pilgrimage across Vaeloria. Their destination: The Obsidian Needle, a three-thousand-foot spire of black glass. Their mission: To find the Silver Tuning Fork and trigger the "e;Great Silence"e;—a final, global strike that will seal the Void forever, but at the cost of magic itself.As the Coven Mother, Morgaise, launches a full demonic eclipse upon the South, Sindra realizes that the "e;Great Silence"e; isn't just a spell—it's a choice. To save the world from the scream of the Void, she must be the one to kill the music. She must become the conductor of the end, grounding the world's shimmer into the earth to leave behind a world that is safe, mortal, and profoundly quiet.