Sovereign of the Cycles: Isolde's Millennial Slumber

Empress Isolde, Sovereign of the Cycles, is the only barrier keeping the Speakable Realm from collapsing into the Unspeakable Void. To halt the cosmic decay, Isolde willingly enters the Chrysalis Cycle—a terrifying, millennium-long slumber intended to break and reconstruct her into an entity capable of ruling the Next Realm. As her consciousness dissolves into the celestial chaos, the world she left behind begins to fray. For one thousand years, the Chronicle Keeper, Alaric, leads the desperate, aging Keepers. He fights a lonely war against the insidious Cult of Nullification and the slow, maddening erosion of reality itself, driven by the sole purpose of protecting an Empress he struggles not to worship. As the final year arrives and the Eclipse of the Triple Star threatens to unleash the full force of the Unspeakable Ones, Alaric must decide which is more important: preserving the human memory of the Empress he served, or ensuring the success of the cosmic god she is destined to become. When Isolde awakens, her power will be absolute, but the cost may be her memory, her kingdom, and her very soul.