Murkwell Tracery

In a kingdom ravaged by the Wither, a plague that turns life to ash, the official story is simple: blame the Untethered, the wild mages of chaos. Enforcing this lie is the Obsidian Guard, and their most feared weapon is Captain Julian Ogden, a man whose life is a monument to vengeance against the magic that destroyed his family. Ava is a librarian, living a life of quiet terror. She is Untethered, her immense power a secret she must chain, for to be discovered is to be consecrated-a fate worse than death. When a single, desperate act of protection shatters her carefully constructed world, she becomes the primary target of the very hunter whose legend haunts her nightmares. But when the hunter corners his prey, he uncovers a truth that shatters his reality. The Magisterium is built on a foundation of lies, the Wither is a symptom of a cosmic prison's decay, and the consecrations are nothing but ritual sacrifices to feed a dying machine. Branded traitors and forced to flee, the captain whose faith is broken and the woman who is the key to salvation must forge a desperate alliance. They are the kingdom's only hope, and its most wanted fugitives, in a race to restore a forgotten balance before the world built on lies consumes itself entirely.

Max Stewart, once a decorated Captain of the fanatical Obsidian Legion, is now a traitor. His only mission: protect Amelia, a young woman whose devastating, uncontrolled magic makes her the most wanted person in a dying kingdom. Hunted by Max's ruthless former protégé and the monstrous plague consuming the land, their only hope lies in whispers of a hidden sanctuary-a bastion for the magically gifted, ruled by the charismatic Christian Avery. But within the walls of this supposed paradise, hope curdles into suspicion. Christian sees not a person to be protected, but a divine weapon to be aimed. The quest for safety twists into a desperate heist into the heart of the enemy's fortress, the Aegis Spire, to retrieve a legendary artifact prophesied to end the plague. To succeed, they must trust a man whose faith is a weapon and follow a plan forged from a soldier's cruelest calculations. They risk everything on a prophecy, only to uncover a truth more terrifying than any monster. The sanctuary is a cult, the prophecy is a lie, and the key to saving the world might be the very thing that unleashes its damnation. In a war where saviors are serpents and every victory brings a greater disaster, survival will mean confronting a betrayal that shatters not just kingdoms, but the very fabric of reality.

In the sterile, light-drenched kingdom of Veridia, all shadows are purged. For Jessica King, whose soul harbors a terrifying and forbidden darkness, survival means hiding in plain sight. But when a moment of violent rage unleashes her true power, she becomes the Anomaly-a living weapon coveted by a ruthless rebel leader and hunted by the regime's most efficient killer, the legendary Captain Isaac May. Yet the Wolf of the Covenant is a man of unyielding honor, and when he witnesses the depravity of the order he serves, he shatters his oath, becoming a fugitive alongside his prey. Now, two of the world's most wanted must forge an impossible alliance between their warring factions. They must face armies of light, hordes of nightmarish Void-spawn, and a charismatic hero whose ambition is twisting him into a new, more terrifying kind of god. In a war where the lines between good and evil have been irrevocably blurred, the wolf of light and the hurricane of shadow will uncover a devastating, ancient prophecy that binds their fates together. To save their world from the encroaching darkness, they must be prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice-a choice that will rewrite the very stars and demand a price far greater than their own lives.