For all his life, Gray Nightenjoy followed his moral compass without question, always choosing the righteous path and standing on the side of good. But when his unwavering sense of justice led to death upon death after a twisted game, he landed on a brutal truth: righteousness saves no one—it only buries them.

Now, Gray has rejected the Nightenjoy name, deciding he is no hero. He is only a broken shadow who has fled to wither away in fighting dens, taverns, and brothels—no more than a shell of a once warm man grown cold.

But when a familiar face resurfaces, Gray is forced to confront the ghosts he is running away from. Forced to finally gaze upon the broken mirror of his ideals and beliefs. Forced to choose who he will ultimately become. Because the flames of vengeance are a consuming, insatiable thing, and if he remains within the fire… 

There may be nothing left of him worth saving.

A Lament for the Lost is a novella in the Cadence of the Fallen series, detailing the events that transpire between chapter sixty-eight and the epilogue in A Ballad for the Broken. It should be read after both A Requiem for Fallen Stars and A Ballad for the Broken.