Kaylin has been told to keep out of Barrani court politics, a tall order when ten Barrani lords share her home. Michelle Sagara's newest Chronicles of Elantra novel pulls her into the High Halls anyway.

Readical Key Points

• The twentieth Chronicles of Elantra novel, following Cast in Atonement, in the author's own series order.
• Epic and urban fantasy with a mystery at its center: who, or what, has left Nightshade near death.
• Paperback from Hanover Square Press, published April 28, 2026; 512 pages.

The Consort summons Kaylin to the High Halls, and among the Barrani an invitation means now. Then she finds Nightshade unresponsive, close to death and out of reach of her healing. No one can explain what has happened to him. As Kaylin and her Barrani housemates search for anything that might revive him, factions at court begin to realign, and the attack on Nightshade starts to look like the opening move against the Barrani as a whole.

This paperback continues a long-running series and leans on its history, including the lords' escape from their imprisonment and the price still owed for it. It suits readers of epic and urban fantasy who already know Elantra. The relationships at its center were built across nineteen earlier books, and the novel assumes the reader has them.

About the Author

Michelle Sagara is a New York Times bestselling author. She also writes as Michelle West and has been published as Michelle Sagara West.

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