After surviving the haunting events of The Root Beneath, Zora has emerged stronger—but not untouched. The spiral inside her has grown wild, entangled with dark roots that whisper forgotten truths. As her power deepens, so do the mysteries buried in her bloodline.
When children begin speaking with ancient voices and a newborn smiles with fire behind its eyes, Zora is thrust into a rising war between memory and magic. A secret cult known as The Reflection is spreading, rewriting the spiral’s truth and pulling lost souls into their mirrored grasp.
With Omen—a cursed soul in the shape of a crow—and the fiercely gifted Rowan at her side, Zora must navigate visions, betrayals, and the stirrings of a Spiralborn far older and more dangerous than anyone imagined.
But nothing prepares her for what blooms beneath her skin.
A ritual is coming. A gate is opening. And not everyone will make it to the other side.