Oracles of Whispering Crows

Heavier is the head denied its crown... Marius Bedwyr and his Crimson Fangs have enslaved treasure hunter Courage Faern'doln, forcing him to build human-machine abominations designed to crush enemies of the Atharian Empire. Hidden in a secret facility known to only the Blessed Emperor and his High Holy Council, Courage toils in fire, shadow, and darkness. Gwynarra Vandiamante, outed as the last of a family of vampires hated by the Richter family, has fled to the Zyntarian Isles where the Sythrok