THREE BORROWED LIVES. FOUR AWAKENED RELICS. ONE ROAD NO ONE SHOULD OWN.Aiyana Riandell dies in 1966 Chicago and awakens at the end of a noose in Seawall, a city where magic belongs to those in power. Her new body carries centuries of memories, elemental abilities she can barely control, and the unfinished mission of an aeifain mystic murdered for what she knew.With Torrents, a barbarian searching for purpose, and Nathan, a reluctant priest learning that guidance can become another form of control, Aiyana follows a trail of awakened relics across a world still rebuilding from apocalypse.Each artifact reveals another part of an ancient portal network—and another step in a ruthless alchemist's plan to draw every current of magic into his own hands. Hunted by a ravager bound to their enemy and caught between tyrants, monsters, and collapsing roads, the three must decide whether the old paths should be repaired, destroyed, or trusted to anyone at all.Because the power to open every door is also the power to close the world around everyone else.Mystics & Monoliths continues the Portals series with elemental magic, ancient relics, dark humor, and three second-chance heroes confronting the difference between guidance and control.