He cut his connection to the Guild at the wrist.

Now he’s a waterman in the deserts of Nisareth. Veiled, invisible, useful. It’s all he wants, until the new queen notices he’s unafraid to question the powerful but stops when she commands. She makes him Keeper of the Wells, expecting him to challenge the old ways.

Then the Guild comes for Nisareth and for what its desert guards.

For readers of The Goblin Emperor and The City of Brass. A new queen facing an entrenched old guard. Found family among the veiled watermen of Nisareth. A one-handed mage who would rather serve than rule. A slow-burn thread for the queen and her waterman. Disability rep that never gets cured away. A dark opening that earns its warm ending.

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