Life is pain. Pain is magic. Magic is life.
Ten years ago, fourteen-year-old Shiara Lai'kilroy's world shattered when cultists attacked her home, killing her parents and separating her from her sisters. Now, trained in the painful arts of witchcraft by her aunt, Shiara's quiet life is once again disrupted when she receives a mysterious message from her long-lost sister Calisto.
With her aunt's experimental airship as her only ally, Shiara embarks on a desperate journey to reunite with her sisters. But the sins of the past continue to haunt her present as Shiara has to face the very same cult that tore her family apart.
Racing against time, Shiara must master the deepest truths of magic, confront the dark secrets of her family's past, and navigate treacherous skies to reach her sister. Yet in a world where magic comes only through pain, and every use of power extracts a brutal toll, will Shiara have the strength to face what awaits her in the heart of the empire?
A thrilling steampunk fantasy that explores the bonds of sisterhood, the price of power, and the pain that drives us all forward.