Tipping the Scales

A kingdom in ashes. A prophecy reclaimed. The true war has only just begun.

The wedding of the century was supposed to be a symbol of hope. Instead, it became a graveyard. As the "Daybreakers"—genetically engineered monsters with two hearts and ultraviolet eyes—descend upon the palace, the "Doc" has returned to claim his greatest achievement: Subject Zero.

The Prototype's Choice Navelle, the sniveling "King in Training," finally faces the man who built him. Torn between his need for validation and the fire in his blood, he must decide if he is a man or merely a contingency. But as the shadows lengthen, even his "father" Valyn admits the boy was never meant to be the heir.

The Prophetic One Rowen has transcended. Emerging from a rift in reality with an ancient dragon that kneels for no one, he carries the truth that could shatter the throne. Is he the savior the kingdom needs, or the "Prophetic One" depicted in the missing pages of the Crimson Scale—a creature half-dragon, half-bat, destined to bring the end?

Vengeance and Void While Queen Elaris fights to hold her crumbling world together, Valyn moves through the shadows of Nicamar. He is hunting the ingredients for a clairvoyance spell that requires the impossible: blood from the willing.

In the tenth installment of the Splendors of War saga, magic and science collide in a visceral battle for survival. When the scales tip, who will be left to rise from the smoke?