In this heart-pounding much-anticipated sequel to Threads That Bind Io will face threats
even more dangerous and players even more powerful as she discovers what it will mean to
follow—or defy—her fate. It’s been five weeks since Io left Alante to follow the golden
thread and she’s no closer to finding the god on the other end. She spends her days in
constant grueling travel and her nights worrying over the fate-thread she shares with
Edei—which seems to be fraying. Making matters worse she and Bianca soon realize that their
only lead has shaken them off snapped the golden thread and disappeared. But not before Io
gathers some crucial clues. Her investigation leads her to a new mystery a rash of sibling
disappearances across the Wastelands that seems to be connected to the murders in Alante. And
all signs point to Nanzy the golden city as the center of the whole conspiracy. As Io and
Bianca make their way to Nanzy they make powerful enemies find allies new and old and
uncover a horrifying plot that traces back centuries. The more Io learns the more she begins
to suspect that the future of the world may truly rest on her shoulders. But she will have to
determine how much of the future is her choice—and how much is simply her fate.
