On the island of Aethelos, the sea does not just provide—it hungers. For generations, the inhabitants have lived in the shadow of the Colossus, a dormant bronze giant half-submerged in the bay, a relic of a time when men and gods shared secrets of fire and steam. Aris, a disgraced master-smith whose family was exiled for “heretical engineering,” lives a quiet life of scavenging until the Great Tremor begins. The island is sinking into the caldera of a waking volcano, and the only hope for survival lies within the rusted, locked chest of the Sentinel. To save a people who spat on his name, Aris must lead a desperate team into the bowels of the bronze god, reawakening a power that could either lift Aethelos from the waves or incinerate it in an instant.
