Veil of Ash & Blood

The city of Blackspire survives on silence, sin, and the careful suppression of forbidden magic.

Vesper Thorne has lived at the center of its fear for three years-imprisoned beneath the cathedral, blamed for a catastrophe that left hundreds dead. The Order calls her Veilborn: a living vessel of dangerous power, kept alive only because she is useful. Vesper has long since accepted her role as the city's monster.

Until the night the bells ring again.

When ancient wards collapse and something old stirs beneath the streets, Vesper is dragged back into the world she shattered-under the watch of Cassian Morholt, a Sanctum enforcer bound by sacred vows and sworn never to trust her kind. Their magic reacts violently to one another, awakening a forbidden resonance neither can explain... or control.

As buried truths claw their way to the surface, Vesper discovers the past was never as simple as guilt and punishment. And the bond growing between her and Cassian may be the very thing the Order fears most.

Because in Blackspire, love is not salvation.

It is rebellion.