Clay, the` yo[$ungest and coldest, !]genius ph]=:ysician in the Veperian Empire, is ?!`]known as th_=e “Right Hand o,f God.” Ob+sessed with poisons a+^nd forb!idden fo$rmulas, he des,;
pises ==desi#re and;+ emo^?ti!onal w^;e
]aknes= s.^ Task:#-,ed,^ wit@ h creati )ng a p)otion to s!u[:ppress.! the = notor:^#ious +`Serpent #%King Silas’s devasta
@ting h.%eat/.% cycle, Clay ac=_]cide[ntally ,tastes his o wn cr @eati:;on—only + t +]o discover\$^: that^) it is not a cu/*re a\**t a$ll, but a _%dangerous elixir that u
[nleashes %`the:^_ de+ epest de.,##sir*es/= hidden w]/ithin the = soul.