Victors, they say, write history.Too bad the victors can't write.After her father passes away, Nanette hops on a caravan to the neighboring country of Rosada to join her sister. Yet Rosada is in the grip of a deep fog: magic is banished, storytelling is outlawed, and the Order reigns. With her sister grown complacent over the horrors of their new home, Nanette takes matters into her own hands to protect stories, no matter the cost.With the help of a ...

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...

Caroline always dreamt of joining her mother on the fishing boats.That all changed when she caught a corucaish.On the Night of Firefraught Lights, Caroline Walsh did what she had always done: she fished. She cast her net out to sea, only to catch a corucaish—a mythical silver fish that bore both prayers and curses wherever it traveled. Upon showing the fish to her father, the beast coughed up an amputated hand, and with it, a curse that ravaged the town.

On the sea, nothing changes.Unless there is blood.When Leena Davies was a child, pirates took her eye and killed her father. She did not remember their faces, but she could not forget the day. Filled with childlike revenge, she and her brother Tristan ventured every night to the seashore to plot against the pirates who had taken everything from them.Until her brother committed arson on the night of the blood moon.To pay her brother's...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

Jiang left home with nothing but his name…Only to find himself in a glass of wine.As a child, Jiang Mǐn believed he would follow in the footsteps of his father and lead the Sīchóu Shíyóu Army. Yet after being rejected for reasons outside of his control, Jiang is forced to leave home in shame. With nowhere to go and nothing but his name, Jiang travels to the city of Tencauri and takes refuge in a gambling house.Jiang impresses the owner with his pal...

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...

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...

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...