Beneath the Lion's Shrine

In the fictional Republic of Valdris, a mysterious explosion in the harbor city of Vahana kills twelve. Years later, nationalist figure Elara Venn is acquitted amid a storm of controversy. But what no one knows is that deep within a covert state project, her memories of the blast have been erased. Unshackled by the past, she unknowingly falls in love with the brother of one of her victims, weaving a tragic tapestry where the redeemed hero is trapped in an unbearable sin she can no longer recall.