In a realm where the Chancery catalogs every god and strikes every outlawed name from the official Roll, Judah Ward has been erased from record for twenty years. Exiled to the remote North Heron mountain and heir to the lost sigil arts of House Hollow, he wields a black fan that cuts through stone and spirits alike. When his family’s sacred guide-lamp is stolen and traced to the rain-soaked heights of Sable Ridge, he descends into the valley to reclaim it — and walks straight into a centuries-old nightmare far larger than a stolen relic.
For three years, unending rain has turned Cedar Hollow to mud. The starving villagers struck a bargain with a faceless broker who trades in grave-weddings: deliver brides to the river god Mister Sable, and the rain will fall. Too broken to give a living girl, they carried a carved log up the mountain to deceive him, never guessing they themselves were the pawns. Joined by sharp, unflinching swordswoman Wren Ashby of his own order, Judah cuts through river-wraiths, Chancery patrols and buried Urnfolk tombs to untangle the truth. Chasing the trail south, he crosses paths with Elias Crane, a towering quiet wordwright with a crate of paints and a bloodline tied to the fallen House of Ashcrow, and old grudges ignite in the raucous river town of Mercy Bend as the secret behind the lamp pulls him toward something that will rewrite every story he ever knew.
A dark, atmospheric epic of borrowed power and forgotten history, *The Rain Wedding* weaves grim folklore, sharp political intrigue and unforgettable characters into a world where words are weapons, gods are prisoners, and the most dangerous truths are the ones carved in stone.
The Rain Wedding
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