Synopsis

Saeris Fane is a thief, an alchemist, and the bearer of a secret that could change the world. In Zilvaren, where lying to a Guardian costs you your life, one mistake launches her into a desperate escape. But when she steals a cursed gauntlet, she awakens dormant forces and accidentally crosses into a forbidden realm, where the Fae are not myth... but war. What if the only way back is tied to a warrior condemned to be forgotten, known as Death? And what if that bargain, that decision, is only the beginning of the end?

First Part: Shadows of Zilvaren

Zilvaren is a wound that never heals. Its streets bleed memories, thefts, and whispers no one dares to voice. Saeris Fane survives in that maze of grime and iron. A thief. A shadow. A ghost with no name beyond the one she gave herself. She doesn't steal for pleasure; she steals because it’s the only way to breathe.

—Run. Don't look back. If they catch you, you're dead.

Her brother Hayden’s voice is a lifeline she clings to, as the Guardians of the city begin to close in. Her latest theft wasn’t a coin pouch or a forgotten heirloom—it was a map. Old. Forbidden. Ink drawn with blood and secrets.

But it’s not just the map that matters. It’s who she stole it from.

The Crimson Order doesn’t forgive.