Echoes of the Qas Bani Winter

Zadeya Feraoui is a street-smart scavenger living on the frozen edges of the Qas Bani Court, making a meager living by surviving the ice. She possesses a rare gift: whenever she touches a shattered object, she sees exactly what it was and how it was used before it broke. When the once-in-a-generation Winter Gates open, drawing outsiders to the isolated citadel for a season of brutal trade and lethal politics, Zadeya is conscripted to assess the ruins of a collapsed tower. There, she uncovers the shattered fragments of a high-profile murder weapon—a blade that proves the court’s most infamous execution was a sham. Now caught in the crosshairs of the powerful factions who profited from the lie, she must forge an uneasy alliance with Talib, a relentless enforcer of the court. As they navigate deadly games and an intense, dangerous attraction, Zadeya’s ability to read the past becomes the only weapon that might shatter the entrenched conspiracy—or get them both killed.