Ashes and Echoes : Brian Kershner : 9781942082156 : 1942082150 : 18 Sep 2018 : The capital of the Cadarian Empire has fallen, the Dark Gods' Citadel smolders from subterfuge and sabotage, and the Heart of Stone in Albitonin has been fractured at its foundation. Chaos reigns throughout the world of Espre, and the Heralds of the immortal Dorovar wreak havoc everywhere their footsteps fall. At the core of the crumbling Empire of Cadaria, a new horror stirs. Emperor Kaitain Lorien has awoken from his slumber, twisted and scarred by the machinations of the Children of the Creator. His vengeance against the rebels, the zealots, and his own wife and child could reduce the whole of the Cadarian Empire to ash, as the flashpoint of a civil war flares at a remote Academy. But there are echoes in the distance, echoes of hope. Deep in the Heart of Stone a hero takes her place on the battlefield of the immortals, and soon she will awaken into a conflict that she never dreamed could occur. Will the H