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Three hundred human hearts is the price of freeing the monsters that could destroy every realm. Egorh Bronbeck is nearing eighteen, and revenge is the one thing he has never been able to bury. But when his hunt for the slavers terrorising Crimson Lake leads him to his old enemy Arkarrah, he discovers that a far more dangerous enemy stands behind him: Zinnia, a ruthless sorceress with a plan that could unleash horrors upon every realm. She wants Orinium, the ancient power cursed into Egorh's blood. To claim it, she must break the curse that imprisons his murderous half-beast brothers in HapLess. And she has found a way to pay the price of their freedom—with three hundred human hearts. When Kayrin is taken, Egorh must pursue Zinnia through untamed wilderness and pirate territory, with danger at every turn. His companions are Daniel, a gifted young tracker, and Bubba, a mysterious healer whose silver box conceals a secret he dares not reveal. Their trail leads to a fortress beneath Black Mountain. There, Egorh must face the power that was forced into his blood, the family he fled, and a truth that may prove more dangerous than the enemies who hunt him. Three hundred lives hang in the balance. Zinnia is closing in on the power she craves. And if Egorh fails, the monsters imprisoned in HapLess may soon be free. Some curses are not meant to be broken. Some powers are not meant to be wielded. And some bloodlines were never meant to survive.