Glass Hearts

Due to civil war, the three home planets abandoned their outlying colony worlds. Thousands of years later, with the war resolved, the home planets want to reclaim the Fourth World and the people who live upon it. But is it a reclaiming, or an invasion?On the journey back to the Fourth World, Thorn's past catches up to him and the mysterious space-faring race interrupts Briar and Thorn's return home with another confusing encounter.As Thorn lays the groundwork for an ambitious new plan, Briar struggles to reconcile the darkness of her power with her future as a mother.In fulfilling their obligations to the second home world, Briar and Thorn join Willow as she seeks to understand the shadowy past of Briar's people. Do the beautiful relics and bone armies left by the ancient ancestors of the Fourth World hold the secrets of Briar's powers and perhaps the way forward for her people?