In a world shaped by humanity’s ruin, a mantid outcast chooses love over law—and mercy over instinct. Her defiance ignites a rebellion and becomes the only hope against a godlike force bent on erasing identity and enslaving all life.

SYNOPSIS:

In a world carved from fossilized Titans and bound by sacred silence, mantidkind survives on blood, memory, and myth—where to devour is divine, and mercy is forbidden.

When Valkyrith, a nameless mantid outcast, chooses to spare rather than strike, she sets off a transformation that defies every sacred rite. Haunted by song and marked by flame, she becomes PRAYPREY—neither warrior nor priestess, but something wholly new.

Hunted by zealots of the Hollow Swarm and guided by echoes beneath the roots of the world, she must unearth the First Ember, confront a god who remembers everything, and awaken a blade that only answers to mercy.

This is the story of what it costs to break the cycle—and the mercy that remakes the world.