Dante of Newhaven belongs to the Psionicists’ Order, a shadowy people from far Antark who control terrifying machines with their minds. On an earth decimated by rising temperatures, the psionicists have carved out an empire—a realm held together by the iron rule of an emperor who is even more mysterious than the so-called sorcerers that serve him.

But Dante is no magician. Host to memories of people long dead, perpetually eclipsed by a talented sibling whose ambition knows no bounds, and unable to work the golems that ensure his order’s survival, he is practically an outcast. Now, on the eve of his apprenticeship, his imperfect-but-familiar reality is about to be shattered. War is coming; old enemies are mobilizing, seeking to retake what is left of the dying planet. And the siblings may well hold the key to their success.

Caught in a web of deceit and murder, Dante must go to extraordinary lengths to save himself and the ones he loves from certain doom. But will it be enough? Is the doom what he imagines it to be, or is it something far more sinister than mere men—a secret that lurks in the ancient heart of the Order… and perhaps his own fragmented self?

Deciphering the memories of his predecessors and unraveling the tangled thread of the past may be the hardest thing he will have to do.