The tide takes all, and something has started reaching back.
In the hidden hill country of Yaron, life goes on as it always has: harvests, petty gossip, and quiet routine.
Marcus has never been normal. His mind goes blank and his body moves without him, and no one can explain why. He and his misfit friends live as apprentices to Saurael, a patient, secretive old master: Nesa, eighteen, thoughtful and kind behind round scholar's glasses and a tumble of dark curls; half-dwarf Russ, fiercely loyal; and Pelton, twenty-two, blonde and sharp-featured, the tallest of the four.
Then a phantom cold sweeps through the forest, every bird goes silent, and a blade is pressed to Nesa's throat. Marcus begins to wonder whether his lapses are a curse or a warning. As a vast shadow rises at the edge of the realm, four friends are pulled into a world of thrones, academies, and old faith.
The Divine Friction trilogy
The Divine Friction is an epic fantasy trilogy set in the fracturing realm of Ireen, where faith, power, and a dying world grind against each other. Book One, Before the Violet Tide, arrives in 2026.
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