In the ruthless Kingdom of Vehmoth, power is measured in gold and fear rules every throne. When a poor miller drunkenly boasts that his daughter can turn soil into gold coins, the lie travels farther than he ever imagined. The king summons the young woman, Lysa, and demands she prove the impossible-or watch her father die.

Trapped between execution and deception, Lysa accepts the help of a strange and cunning creature that appears from the shadows. The imp fulfills the king's demand, transforming soil into gold through dark and ancient magic. But each miracle comes at a cost. With every bargain Lysa makes to survive the king's greed, she gives up pieces of herself-her possessions, her voice, and eventually a terrible promise that could one day cost her everything.

As the gold flows and the king's ambition grows, the earth beneath Vehmoth begins to stir. The soil itself remembers an ancient truth buried beneath the palace: a monstrous being older than the kingdom sleeps beneath the hill, held in place by a forgotten sacrifice made by the first queen of Vehmoth.

But the king's endless hunger for wealth has begun to awaken it.

As cracks split the palace foundations and a buried god named Vharym rises from the deep, Lysa is forced into a final and dangerous choice. To save the kingdom-and the child she has yet to bear-she must uncover the true name of the creature bound to her bargains and wield a power no king was ever meant to hold.

In a battle of will, sacrifice, and ancient magic, the silent girl who was once powerless must become the one force capable of binding the darkness beneath the throne.

Because in Vehmoth, gold may build a kingdom...

...but only a name can save it.