Kika Hatzopoulou

In a world where the children of the gods inherit their powers, a descendant of the Greek Fates must solve a series of impossible murders to save her sisters, her soulmate, and her city. Descendants of the Fates are always born in threes: one to weave, one to draw, and one to cut the threads that connect people to the things they love and to life itself. The Ora sisters are no exception. Io, the youngest, uses her Fate-born abilities as a private investigator in the half-sunken city of Alante. But her latest job leads her to a horrific discovery: somebody is abducting women, maiming their life-threads, and setting the resulting wraiths loose in the city to kill. To find the culprit, she must work alongside Edei Rhuna, the right hand of the infamous Mob Queen—and the boy with whom she shares a rare fate-thread linking them as soul mates before they’ve even met. But the investigation turns personal when Io's estranged oldest sister turns up on the arm of her best suspect. Amid unveiled secrets from her past and her growing feelings for Edei, Io must follow clues through the city’s darkest corners and unearth a conspiracy that involves some of the city’s most powerful players—before destruction comes to her own doorstep.

In this heart-pounding, much-anticipated sequel to Threads That Bind, Io will face threats even more dangerous and players even more powerful as she discovers what it will mean to follow—or defy—her fate.It’s been five weeks since Io left Alante to follow the golden thread, and she’s no closer to finding the god on the other end. She spends her days in constant, grueling travel and her nights worrying over the fate-thread she shares with Edei—which seems to be fraying. Making matters worse, she and Bianca soon realize that their only lead has shaken them off, snapped the golden thread, and disappeared.But not before Io gathers some crucial clues. Her investigation leads her to a new mystery, a rash of sibling disappearances across the Wastelands that seems to be connected to the murders in Alante. And all signs point to Nanzy, the golden city, as the center of the whole conspiracy.As Io and Bianca make their way to Nanzy, they face powerful enemies, find allies new and old, and uncover a horrifying plot that traces back centuries. The more Io learns, the more she begins to suspect that the future of the world may truly rest on her shoulders. But she will have to determine how much of the future is her choice—and how much is simply her fate.

Dans la ville d’Alante, hommes et descendants des dieux grecs cohabitent dans un climat plutôt tendu. Io Ora est une descendante des déesses du Destin. Celles-ci naissent toujours par trois : la première-née tisse les liens entre les personnes, la seconde les dessine, et la dernière les coupe. Et les sœurs Ora ne font pas exception. En tant que cadette, Io a le pouvoir de voir les liens qui unissent les personnes et de les couper, une tâche lourde pour la jeune fille de 19 ans. Depuis la disparition subite de sa sœur aînée Thaïs, survenue deux ans plus tôt, Io vit seule avec sa sœur Ava et utilise son don en tant que détective privée. Mais le jour où elle est témoin d’un meurtre, sa vie bascule. Quelqu'un enlève des jeunes femmes, coupe leur fil de vie, et libère les spectres qui s'en dégagent. Pire : le tueur n’a aucun fil, ce qui est impossible, puisque seuls les morts n’en ont plus. Io n’est pas la seule témoin : Edeï, membre de la mafia, a tout vu et tous deux sont tenus de mener l’enquête. Mais Io découvre aussi que Edeï et elle partagent un fil argenté, ce qui signifie qu’ils sont destinés l’un à l’autre... Lorsque Thaïs réapparait subitement au bras de leur suspect numéro 1, l’enquête prend un tournant plus personnel. Au milieu des secrets de son passé, de complots politiques et de sentiments grandissants, Io arrivera-t-elle à faire face aux dangers et à résoudre le plus grand mystère de sa carrière ?