In the fractured cyber-magical city of Haelvyr, Lyra Moreau is a glitchborn-an unstable miracle from a failed experiment. Hunted by both the authoritarian Citadel and the rebel faction Echo, her very existence threatens the fragile balance of power. Hiding in the Charmlands slums, Lyra lives off-grid, haunted by her mother's betrayal and the trauma of being Echo_7. Her powers glitch reality, warp time, and make her a danger to everyone around her. When Talon Kael, Echo's firebrand leader-and Lyra's former lover-finds her, everything unravels. He wants her back in the rebellion. Back in his life. He promises safety, purpose, control. But Lyra isn't a pawn anymore. Not for him. Not for anyone. Drawn into the Rebel Safezones, Lyra clashes with Riven Solas, another failed experiment who sees through Talon's charm. As their connection deepens, so do Lyra's fractured memories-visions of timelines that never were, and a prophecy that should never have been. Then comes the revelation: Lyra was created not to save the future, but to distract from a greater threat. A decoy. A weapon. A choice. As her magic spirals and the city edges toward collapse, Lyra must decide: surrender to fate, or shatter it. One path ends in sacrifice. The other rewrites everything.

He survived the war. But something else followed him home. After a classified mission in Kandahar goes violently wrong, former Navy SEAL Jack Mercer is discharged, broken, and haunted by things he can't explain-shadows that move on their own, dreams carved in blood, and the mysterious deaths of his squadmates. What he doesn't know: the ancient book they recovered was never meant to be found. And his connection to it is more than chance. As secrets unravel and a hidden bloodline awakens, Jack finds himself caught in a war between the living and the dead-one where magic is real, and trust is a dangerous illusion. At the center of it all is his father: a retired admiral with ties to deep Pentagon black ops...and a forbidden plan to bring the dead back. Some legacies are born. Others are buried. This one bleeds.