Every chain breaks... but every step burns.In the ashes of a broken kingdom, a boy carries a weapon no one else dares to touch. Kael was born fractured, his blood tied to fire and shadow. When the Fang - a cursed blade that whispers with the hunger of the Gate itself - falls into his hands, the Crimson Court turns its gaze upon him.The queen of gold and blood wants him chained. The wolves of the wastelands want him as their weapon. Giants, vampires, and shadows of the Hollow whisper his name in fear. Yet Kael has only one vow: Still walk.But every step costs him - friends lost, blood spilled, his own humanity burning away. To wound the queen is to burn himself hollow. To defy the Gate is to risk becoming its vessel. And as Kael's fire grows, so too does the question that haunts him: Will he break the chains... or forge new ones in ash?The Crimson Court is the second book in Jeffrey Willeford's dark fantasy saga The Gate Eternal. For fans of epic battles, cursed magic, and the fragile line between hope and despair, this series will grip you from the first page to the last.