Timebound

America is shattered, divided into five lands: Türiem, Lánguin, Çorronel, Selva, and Solotiére. Türiem-land of the mines, where survival is a daily battle-is all Kasper "Kas" Rowen has ever known. He dreams of escaping to Solotiére, the land of gold and magic. But only the gifted can enter, and Kas has no magic.
Or so he thought.
When Kas discovers his ability to manipulate time and minds, he learns he's not just powerful-he's legendary. He is the Timekeeper.
On the opposite side of Old America, Phoenix-the fire-born daughter of the queen-trains relentlessly for the Death Trials, a brutal competition of magic and survival. But when whispers of the Timekeeper reach her ears, everything she thought she knew shatters. He can't exist.
And yet, not only does Kas cross her path, but he becomes the one person she least expected: her partner in the Trials.
Kas has spent his life beneath the earth, working the mines, eyes cast downward to avoid the notice of the rulers who control his people's fate. But when his suppressed powers awaken, he is thrust into a world far bigger-and far deadlier-than he ever imagined.
Phoenix, hardened by years of training, has never feared the Trials. She was raised for them, molded into a perfect warrior under her mother's rule. But when she's told that the Timekeeper-the key to disrupting the balance of power-exists, she knows her fate has changed.
Kas and Phoenix are unwilling partners in the Trials, forced into an uneasy alliance where betrayal is expected and survival is uncertain. But as the competition unfolds, Kas learns that his magic has a history far more dangerous than anyone knew, and Phoenix begins questioning everything she was taught to believe.
Together, they will uncover the truth behind the Trials, the fractured world they live in, and the forces that want them dead.
They despise each other. They are bound together. And the worst is yet to come.

~ ON INDEFINITE HIATUS ~