<p>The water is gone years too early.</p><p>As the Freelands choke with thirst and Stone House stays silent, desperation turns neighbors feral and faith into rumor. When blood is spilled for moisture and hope dries up, Silas, a former slave with a violent past, offers the only option left: cross the Flats, face the Mad Lands, and bargain with a Bringer.</p><p>With his sister unraveling, a council on the brink, and no guarantee the gods are listening, Silas walks into the wasteland carrying water, vice, and a plan he may not survive..</p>
