A curious girl. A mythical guardian. An ancient wound beginning to awaken.
The city of Eryssan stands in the shadow of the Fracture, a jagged tear where nightmares once bled into the mortal world. For centuries, dark ageless guardians, known as the Umbralyn, have kept its horrors at bay.
When the Fracture begins to bleed once more, Maia Colwyn is summoned to Eryssan to study newly unearthed fragments, determined to uncover a way to seal the wound before the city pays the price.
Instead, her search leads her to Caelith, an Umbralyn she's been taught to fear.
As an uneasy bond grows between them, Maia uncovers a truth the city was never meant to remember: a conspiracy that reaches into the highest halls of power, and a threat far larger than the Fracture itself.
Now, she must choose: the truth that could save the city and all those she loves…
… or the monster standing on the other side of it.
A slow-burn, morally grey fantasy romance about forbidden love, rebellion, and the cost of understanding the thing you were raised to fear.
