Sacrifice of the Faithful — Brian C. Kershner

Deep in the heart of the Empire of Cadaria, the war for the very soul of Espre rages on. The Emperor of Cadaria, Kaitain Lorien, wages a personal crusade to subjugate all resistance to his rule, which includes the suddenly outlawed faithful worshipers of the Church of the Creator. Kaitain's disowned daughter Marlae, the chosen vessel of the Creator's dominion over the whole of Espre, has begun to navigate her new reality and stands in direct opposition to her father's tyrannical rampage. Meanwhile the recognized successor to Kaitain's throne, the adopted ward of the empire Quyhn Ravenheart, along with her unlikely contingent travel to meet the Lordhill Rebellion and plot their own answer to the plague that Kaitain represents. While the fractured Imperial family squabbles over the disposition of a continent, another war rages that could determine the fate of the whole of Creation.Dorovar has loosed his latest and perhaps his deadliest Herald Conquest; its intention to usher the dragon race to extinction. The Children of the Creator and their proxies marshal their forces across the face of Espre, drawing ever closer to a conclusion of their millennia spanning ideological conflict. Aerith Seth, along with his surrogates, tries desperately to forge alliances and to keep the complex tapestry of the Cosmos from unraveling completely. Upon the Golden Throne, the Creator sits and watches the growing carnage in The Quietus of Fate: Sacrifice of the Faithful.