The Empty Seat

Maren Voss has twenty-one days to restore Thornhaven's fishing rights. Her petition takes her to Caldenmere, where the founding stone answers her blood before the people most determined to classify, control, or erase her. Caelan Dantris, House Aether's Oathkeeper, is sworn to serve the law without taking sides, yet he keeps opening doors Parliament would prefer closed. As Maren follows false proceedings and altered records, she discovers that the charter governing her coast may not be the one Parliament passed. Their growing attraction makes every choice more dangerous, and the truth reaches into the oath Caelan inherited.