Throne of Chains: A Dark Romantasy of Gods, Chains, and a Deadly Bond (Gods of Ruin Saga) by Magdi Abdullah Ahmed

She broke the altar. Now a city wants to turn her into a lock. Nyra escaped being used as a vessel once. She will not survive it twice. When she and her three men step into Kareth, they find a city built on obedience—its sea-wall held back by a bound god and its power enforced by ritual law. Kareth doesn’t worship gods. It uses them. And when the city learns what Nyra’s bond can do, they don’t see a woman. They see a tool that can finish a continent-wide weapon: the Great Net. Dante becomes the shield the city tries to provoke into violence. Silas is forced to read the traps hiding inside “reasonable” offers. Ezren moves through the undercity where poison and old fear still cling to the stones. And Nyra—marked, watched, and outnumbered—must decide what she’s willing to burn to keep their bond from being turned into chains again. Because the closer Kareth pushes them toward the ritual platform, the clearer the truth becomes: This isn’t just about one city. This is about a system being built to collar every god that wakes. Read more