The Soulless: Book One of Fog Ablaze: 1

On Dukaru's dying world, ten cities remain, drawn into two great alliances drifting toward war. Above the ground lies a wasteland of toxic swamps; below, buried secrets wait to be uncovered.

Soroy, a wanderer haunted by questions that refuse to be silenced, chases the faint promise of a future beyond the poisoned earth. Fosco, a restless fighter, runs from a past he cannot escape - and from the love that might yet save him.

But the cities are threatened not only by the specter of war, but by the shadow of science: forgotten experiments and buried sins stir in the dark, ready to reshape the world once more.

In a place where every choice carries the weight of history, Soroy and Fosco must decide whether to fight for the future - or be consumed by the ruins of the past.