The Sky in Exile

Jonah Tallow can stop time for exactly one breath—long enough to dodge a kick from a horse, not long enough to matter. But when Registry hunters come for his unmarked sister, that single frozen heartbeat exposes his secret and sends them both fleeing into a kingdom tearing itself apart. Nine years after every star in the sky went dark for one impossible hour, three hundred people carry dead starlight in their souls, and a hungry void is swallowing the heavens one constellation at a time. A farrier's son, a decorated soldier, and a imprisoned princess must unravel a king's terrible bargain before the last light goes out—and the darkness comes through.