The truth is dangerous. But so is the silence that came before it.

After the explosive broadcast that shattered the Monastery, Princess Lyra and her ragtag group of fugitives escape into the wilderness, hunted by the Five Kingdoms' most ruthless forces. Her Soul Weaver Bond—once forbidden, now feared—is still recovering from the raw scream of power that bought them time. But with Kael badly wounded, Orion near collapse, and their supplies exhausted, survival is anything but guaranteed.

Desperation leads them west into the borderlands—contested territory filled with shifting loyalties and patrols from Terravale and Luminara. When they find signs left behind by the long-lost Unmarked rebellion, Lyra must place her life in the hands of those who have every reason to hate her.

But sanctuary is not so easily earned.

In the shadowed depths of the Sighing Hollows, Lyra faces generations of distrust, the politics of the forgotten, and a growing awareness of just how much power her Bond truly contains. As the Unmarked Underground begins to reveal its fractured network, she uncovers deeper truths about the Severance, her ancestor Elara, and the real history that was erased to protect the ruling elite.

But the enemy closes in from all sides. Terravale wants her silenced. Luminara sees her as a weapon. And the Unmarked? Some of them see her as the reason they've suffered for centuries.

As Kael deteriorates and alliances strain under exhaustion and fear, Lyra must choose: hold back and protect her crumbling group, or risk unleashing a power that could turn them all into enemies.

The Veiled Crown is a gripping continuation of the Inkmarked Saga, filled with perilous journeys, raw survival, unsteady trust, and a truth powerful enough to destroy empires.