Metamorphosis by Decree: The Beginning (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798262114283)

n the city of Theopolis, young priestess Katelarin has spent five quiet years keeping temple books-until the night Holy Mirsha herself appears in blazing glory, charging Kate with an impossible quest. She must recover the stolen Tablets of Markinet, ancient relics lost for centuries in a realm beyond the great Wall where no one returns alive. Armed with little more than faith and accompanied by a misfit band including a disgraced knight, a failed mage, and a deadly Southern warrior, Kate ventures into a savage wilderness where forgotten gods still walk and dark magic flows like blood.

But as Kate's small company faces undead horrors, soul-stealing demons, and creatures beyond imagination, she begins to suspect that her sacred quest may not be what it seems. The deeper they venture into the cursed lands, the more the foundations of everything she's believed begin to crumble. With her companions dying around her and enemies closing in from all sides, Kate must discover not only the strength to survive the ultimate evil-but the courage to question everything she's ever been taught about the gods, the Code, and the very nature of truth itself.