The Glass and The Thorn

Order built the city. Chaos set them free.

​For decades, High Inspector Aurelius Vance lived a life governed by absolute precision. As an elite enforcer of Silverglen-a glittering city of quartz spires sustained by parasitically draining the surrounding wildlands-he was trained to view duty, balance, and cold logic as the highest virtues.

​That was before he met Puck.

​A sharp-witted Unseelie rogue with amber eyes and a crown of black briars, Puck represents everything Aurelius was taught to fear: unpredictable magic, raw emotion, and chaotic freedom. But when Aurelius shatters the Heart-Stone to stop Silverglen's parasitic destruction, he is branded a traitor, and his only path forward lies in an uneasy alliance with the trickster who breached his walls.

​Together, they launch a daring insurgency through street-to-street combat to bring down the tyrannical High Council. In the fires of rebellion, Aurelius's own magic evolves into something entirely unprecedented-a rare hybrid power fusing rigid High Elf hard-light with wild Fea earth magic.

​When the city falls and transforms into a shared realm, Aurelius turns his back on political power. Choosing freedom over duty, he and Puck set off down the unmapped Southern Highway. Confronting rogue mercenaries, ancient coastal ruins, and the trauma of their pasts, the two discover that their greatest journey isn't surviving the road-it's accepting the deep, transformative bond blooming between them.