A Resonance of Stillness

Mirina Novastra, a cartographer renowned for her brilliant mind and profound laziness, wants nothing more than a quiet life of naps and well-funded expeditions. Her plans derail when her vivacious twin sister flees an arranged marriage, forcing Mirina to take her place. Her new husband is Lord Gavril Saros, the 'Beast of the Still-Glass Spire,' a man so tormented by the trauma of his parents' murder that his grief has crystallized into a deadly, silent blight known as the 'Stillness,' a phenomenon that petrifies all life it touches. Trapped in Gavril's silent, crystalline fortress, Mirina finds her new husband is not a monster, but a rival intellect trapped in a prison of his own making. Tasked with mapping the blight and finding a cure before it consumes them both, she begins to see the vulnerable man behind the cold facade. As she uncovers the secrets of his past and the true nature of the Stillness, Mirina realizes that saving him from his grief might mean confronting the very person responsible for it - and questioning whether the heart she's trying to heal is the only one in danger.