Ruling his empire with an iron fist, Eirmon, the king of Barra-Dohn, is more interested in weaponizing meridium---a mysterious metal---than seeing his son, Kaden, become a good leader, husband, and father. But when a prophet foretells the desert city's destruction, will Kaden follow in his father's fateful footsteps or risk walking down The Darker Road? This paperback book is new.