While Haley trains under a new master to refine her Gopah and claim her own destiny, Ward confronts a sinister plot that coils through the very heart of the capital city, Ordo Caelus. With allies old and new, he ventures into the Garden Gates Challenge—a trial of power and cunning that may hold the key to unraveling the cult’s true purpose. But as his dreadmarked bloodline reveals its power, Ward must learn to master it—or risk being broken by it.