Aelia sacrificed everything to protect her family...But it was that very sacrifice that allowed her to heal.From a young age, Aelia always served the role of her sister's keeper. She tended to the chores around their compound, while also ensuring her sister did not get into any unnecessary trouble. So, when a wealthy patrician came to wed her sister, Aelia knew she had no choice but to intervene and protect her sister from an unfavorable fate.But this wealthy patric...

Tomás had long resigned himself to the voices…Until he found his constant.Tomás's childhood passed by in a fog of mysterious voices that no one else could hear. Without a family or friend to keep his mind focused, and no skills to guide him through life, he believed he would end up on the streets once he came of age.Until, one day, a mysterious visitor sees potential in Tomás.Without forewarning, Tomás uproots his life, and travels across t...

Julietta had no memories of her past…Except how to paint.When Julietta finds herself in a mausoleum without a single memory, she has no choice but to trust the Angel of Death who greets her. With a kind smile and a soft-spoken voice, he gives her a name, and takes her as an apprentice. Yet, even with the knowledge of Death, Julietta's memories continue to slip, only for her to turn to painting as an outlet.As her paintings begin coming to life, Julietta is l...

Sight has been erased. The powers that be operate in the shadows.And the only way to stop them lies in the past.After the Order stole his son's sight, Todd Dray went into hiding, unable to escape the Capital and find a haven for him and Garrett. Stuck with newspapers as his only form of entertainment, he drowns himself in articles, where stories of the Forest Queen run rampant.Blamed for the collapse of the Senate, Bria resigns herself to the swamp...

On the sea, everything changes.But only with blood.Lyam Beaumont spent his whole life on the prosperous island of L'Perle, working as a carpenter and trader alongside his parents. Enchanted by the stories of sailors, Lyam imagined a life of adventure but never found the courage to leave.Until the Cobalt Hare arrived in port.After procuring a magical artifact, the crew of the Cobalt Hare ar...

Towers graze the landscape… The Order has grown in power…And the mist is burning with retribution.After losing Ningursu's head to the Pool and escaping the Library of Mist Keepers, Brent and Bria arrive back in their home country of Rosada. Yet things have changed since they left. Guard towers move across the landscape. Children are being taken from their home. All the while, the Mist Keepers seek vengeance.Brent and Bria set out on a journey to protect thei...

A child is born.A mother is lost.And the camellias bloom.After five years, Madame Gonzo's daughter returned home—distant, paranoid, and pregnant. With the birth of her granddaughter, Madame Gonzo can only hope that their family will return to normal.That is until a flower sprouts from the newborn child's head.With fears mounting that the Order of the Effluvium will take her a...

Malaika longed to escape the mundane life on her father's farm…but she didn't expect to be stolen by a dragon and taken far away from home.Life on the farm had always been redundant. With no future other than marriage, Malaika has grown antsy to explore the world. Upon hearing her father's plans to marry her off to a trader, Malaika makes a plan to escape. Yet, the plan is derailed when her father's dragon takes flight with her on its back, carrying her fa...

Knoll has fallen. The towers have left.And the Forest Queen has awoken.A month after Knoll's fall, Bria awakes in the Necrowood, her body entwined with the forest. With little recollection of the events that led to Knoll's collapse, she turns to her estranged mother for answers. Yet beneath these answers harbor further questions about the reaches of her magic and the depths to which it is tied to her past.Trapped in the Library of Mist Keepers, Brent...

Alojzy spent years building a monument to his god…Only to have his god come to visit.When Alojzy turned twelve, he devoted his life to the God of Death, of Eternity, and of Abstract. Enamored with the stories, he spent his adolescence building altars in the woods and listening to the soldier's prayers, all while dreaming of the day when he could finally build a citadel to honor his god.When that opportunity arrives in the form of a marital arrangement, Alojzy engross...

The mist has thickened with a vendetta. A bounty has been offered for answers.And no one's story is safe.It's been six months since the Storm of Nightmares and Bria has not gone home. With wanted signs plastered throughout Rosada, she has been stuck chasing the so-called Story Collector throughout the Independent City of Mert. Yet, when a break-in occurs in Todd Dray's shop, it unleashes a chain of events that sends the city into disarray.With his ...

Storytelling was outlawed. Magic had all but vanished.That all changed when the woman in black came to town.Branded with the black stamp at a young age, Brent thought he would end up a vagrant like his father. His craft was telling stories, but the Order had long forbidden any weaving of tales. When Brent sees the woman in black, she leads him into a menagerie of tunnels beneath the earth where his life falls into the nauseating, but beautiful, mist of the...