The Starless Gate: 3

The Crown has claimed every person in Valcaryn. To save them, she must end the kingdom that keeps them alive.Mara Vale returned from beyond the Rift carrying starless glass, the only weapon capable of cutting the Bloodglass Crown from the man she loves.But Cassian Ardent is no longer merely a king. The Crown lives in his blood, speaks through his voice, and uses every act of mercy to tighten its control. Its laws feed the hungry, open the infirmaries, and turn the people they protect into royal property.While rebellion fractures between those who would kill Cassian and those willing to accept a kinder tyranny, the forgotten first witness to Valcaryn's founding offers Mara another path: freedom from every oath, every promise, and every bond.To close the Rift without sacrificing Cassian, Mara must unite seven rival factions, expose the first king's stolen covenant, and build a future no single ruler can command. But when the final Gate opens, love itself may become the last promise she has to set free.The Starless Gate is the epic conclusion to the Riftbound Covenant, an adult fantasy romance trilogy featuring forbidden magic, morally gray royalty, found family, political rebellion, hard-won intimacy, and love without ownership. Read The Emberglass Oath and The Bloodglass Crown first.