Crown of Cinders

Liora has spent her life learning how to keep doors closed: doors in stone, doors in ritual, doors inside herself. But when a radiant cult-leader named Vespera begins gathering thousands for a "e;Reunion"e; under the full moon, Liora discovers the truth too late—this isn't salvation. It's a ceremony designed to take consent, reshape memory, and turn a crowd into a single, chanting mouth.Hunted thr...