Three players circle the board as the universe teeters on the edge of annihilation. Relos Var is poised to enslave everything that exists, convinced only the demon Xaltorath can thwart him. But neither mastermind is watching the third piece in play: Kihrin, who must convince them both he's merely a pawn. To survive, Kihrin has to become the nightmare the prophecies warned about—the sun eater, the destroyer of all, a remorseless plague. He must act the part so convincingly that no one suspects the truth: he's desperately trying not to kill the people he loves or the remaining Immortals. It's a razor's edge to walk, made worse by the fact that his performance isn't entirely pretense. A corrupted magic ritual has twisted him and the dragons both, leaving aftereffects he's still struggling to control. His body is now the literal avatar of a star, and it's becoming catastrophically unstable. Jenn Lyons brings her Chorus of Dragons series to its shattering conclusion with a story about the terrible cost of playing the monster. Kihrin is running out of time, his form unraveling as he races to save a universe that believes he's come to destroy it. This is epic fantasy at its most ambitious—a finale where the line between savior and apocalypse blurs until you can't tell which side anyone is on.