Lord Of The Empty Isles

How long will you hold onto what you've lost?

Interstellar fugitive Idrian Delaciel will die by inches, and Remy Canta will laugh as he goes.

Five years ago, Idrian ordered a withering - a death curse - cast on Remy's brother that cost him his life, and Remy hasn't been the same since. Now Remy finally has the materials he needs - ash, honey, and a drop of Idrian's blood - to repay the favour. Only when he casts the withering, it rebounds onto him.

The implications are unthinkable: that he is fatebound to his brother's killer.

Even worse, the only way to slow the curse for long enough to find a cure is if Remy joins forces with Idrian and his criminal crew. But when he gets there, Remy learns there are more than just their lives at stake.

Idrian is the sole provider of life-saving supplies to tens of thousands of innocents, and when he dies, they will die with him. Caught up in perilous heists and a race against time, Remy finds himself truly living for the first time since his brother died.

Too bad for Remy - the only way to stop a withering is to kill the witherer.