John Newbill

The ecclesiastical machine demands a very specific kind of quiet. But the earth remembers what the church tries to bury.For decades, Abbess Ursula Umbra has maintained the Bone Orchard with ruthless, cold precision. By using the calcified remains of...

A corpse that refuses to decay. A seamstress hiding from her past. A forbidden sanctuary in the shadows of a moss-choked crypt.Rowena Roseblood survives by keeping her head down. As the mortuary seamstress for a settlement choked by freezing fog and...

In a village built on polite lies, the truth is a dangerous spark.Welcome to Brindlewake, a rain-soaked province where domestic magic reigns and the dead do not vanish until their stories are settled. Bryony Bracken is an apprentice memory-glassmaker,...

The raging storm is locking everyone inside. But something far deadlier is trying to get out.In the water-laced province of Morrowfen, licensed ferryman Easton Evans has spent his life cultivating the persona of a universally loved host. But when a...

In the frost-locked city of Orsym, survival is a matter of taste—and the ingredients are unspeakable.Dominic Silva is the celebrated ecclesiastical chef of a starving aristocracy. In a gothic metropolis carved from the calcified bones of elder beasts,...

Some men fear the dark. Asher Alder sells the light that keeps it at bay.Asher is a master alchemist, peddling luminous oils to frightened villagers living on the edge of the uncanny woods. But his unparalleled bravery on the monster-haunted roads is...

Some monsters feed on fear. Some feed on love. But in the sunken cathedrals of Velstrade, the most dangerous entity of all is starving for the absolute absence of feeling.In the highly anticipated third installment of The Cathedral of Unquiet Beasts...

In a world choked by deep-earth horrors, humanity’s only salvation is built upon a foundation of eternal, conscious torture.Master Architect Conrad Campbell has dedicated his life to designing towering fortresses of pale bone-stone and dark iron,...

The monsters didn't fall. They surrendered.For centuries, the religious courts have preached that the massive, terrifying beasts haunting the continent are mindless abominations, driven purely by violence and born of unholy corruption. Brilliant...

In a village where magic records every human emotion, a deliberately blank lantern isn't just an anomaly—it's a crime against history.In the quiet, magical valley of Lanternvale, the truth is indisputable. Memory lanterns hang above every street and...

In a village where magic reflects your deepest feelings, a sudden burst of violet light over the morning bread could ruin a solitary baker's quiet life.Welcome to the Dawnrise Bakery in the enchanting valley of Lanternvale, where ambient magic...

In a sanctuary built on suffering, the only thing more dangerous than the monsters in the dark is the man who learns to love one.For twenty-four years, Josiah Lincoln has existed as a ghost. High above the polished marble and righteous cruelty of...

In a city where human worth is measured in decimals, survival is bought with the blood of the condemned.Welcome to Halcyon, a sterile, ash-choked metropolis ruled by the merciless mathematics of the Mercy Index. Dr. Calvin Zeller wears the pristine...

In a city where love is heavily audited and intimacy is a crime, the ultimate act of rebellion is a counterfeit bond.Maeve Moondance is the undisputed smuggler-bride of Halcyon's undercity. She brokers illegal pair-bond contracts for the desperate,...

In the nation of Halcyon, your worth is measured by the Mercy Index, and empathy is an offense punishable by death.Sybil Snow is a senior archivist who has spent her life perfecting the art of absolute invisibility. Haunted by the public execution of...

He traveled across the mist-choked valleys to execute a monster, but the true horrors wear the robes of the righteous.Gared Greymantle is a lethal instrument of the ruling clergy, a seasoned guild hunter bound by a rigid doctrine to eradicate...

In a sinking city fueled by ritual murder, a bone-mason unearths a monster bound in silver—and chooses to save him.Saint Mire is sinking. Plagued by the corrosive black waters of the Hush Tide, the cliffside principality survives only through strict...

What if the machine designed to save humanity was actively engineering its destruction?Genevieve Grace is the Chief Architect of the Keep of Auric. Raised in sterile perfection and taught that human emotion is a volatile disease, she has dedicated her...

A devastating debt. A stolen identity. A living, breathing mansion where the walls listen to your every lie.Echo Eclipse is a master voice-thief, surviving the brutal harbor slums of Saltgrave by erasing her identity and becoming whoever desperate,...

The ruling clergy promised that the holy beasts were willing sacrifices. They lied.Novice caretaker Fiona Finch survived a childhood fire only to be swallowed by a different kind of nightmare: the grueling, silent servitude of the Cathedral of Unquiet...

In a town where the dead grow letters from the branches of ancient willows, a wandering postmaster must finally stop running from her own past to deliver the truth.Lyra Lighthaven is a provincial route-mapper who lives by a strict rule: never stay in...

A flawless lie is the only thing standing between a desperate street thief and a gruesome death, but how do you con a house that listens to your every heartbeat?Echo Eclipse is a hollow shell, surviving the ruthless underworld of Saltgrave by stealing...

In a town fueled by polite lies, a rogue piece of magical porcelain is about to tear the community apart.Nora Novell is the Assistant Keeper of the Brindle Hollow Wonderhouse, an archivist who survives the chaotic forces of magic by strictly adhering...

In a village built on silence, unearthing the truth is the most dangerous magic of all.Fiona Finch is a mechanic of the soul. As a traveling lantern-tender in the magical network of Lanternvale, her job is to maintain the intricate brass-and-glass...