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The gods are dying. And one man will decide what replaces them.

Orestes—cursed prince, killer of his own mother, hunted across the known world—has been summoned to Athens to stand trial for a crime that shook the gods themselves.

But the gods who condemned him are fracturing.
Contradicting each other.
Vanishing.

And the world is breaking with them.

Seas stand still. Statues bleed. Entire cities reveal themselves as illusions concealing something far older and far more dangerous than any myth has named.

At his side: his sister Iphigenia—once a sacrificial victim, now bound to a relic that may be the most powerful and most corrupting object in the ancient world. And Pylades, his closest ally, who is slowly being consumed by something that entered him on the journey home.

Together, they will uncover a truth that cannot be unknown:

The gods were never gods.
They were wardens.
And their prison is failing.

Athens is preparing for a trial unlike any before it—where mortal jurors, not divine law, will decide the fate of a man who acted on a god's command.

Where humanity will claim justice for the first time—or prove it was never possible at all.

Because if the wardens fall and the prison breaks, what Orestes chooses in that courtroom won't just determine his fate.

It will determine the fate of the gods and what replaces them.

Perfect for fans of Circe, The Song of Achilles, and Dune—and for readers of Greek mythology, mythological retellings, and philosophical epic fantasy.