Metamorphosis By Decree - The Beginning

In the city of Theopolis, young priestess Katelarin has spent five quiet years keeping temple books—until the night Holy Mirsha herself appears in blazing glory, charging Kate with an impossible quest. She must recover the stolen Tablets of Markinet from the legendary Black Tower, a fortress of evil that has consumed every soul brave or foolish enough to enter. Armed with little more than faith and accompanied by a misfit band including a disgraced knight, a failed mage, and a deadly Southern warrior, Kate ventures beyond the abandoned Wall into a savage wilderness where ancient gods still walk and magic flows like blood.

But the Tower's horrors—undead armies, soul-stealing demons, and immortal Black Mages who've conquered death itself—pale beside the truth Kate discovers in its cursed halls. The very foundations of her world are built on lies, the Code she's sworn to uphold is a weapon of oppression, and the quest that should have made her a hero has branded her an outcast. As darkness rises and her homeland teeters on the brink of revolution, Kate must choose between the comfortable chains of tradition and a dangerous new path that could either save her world—or destroy everything she's ever known.