The Crown of Ruin

Power changes the person who survives it.

After seventeen years at St. Mary’s, Isaac crosses into a world of monsters, systems, hunters, and rules he does not understand. Power offers a way forward—and changes the terms of survival.

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The world Isaac returns to

Everyone understands the new rules except him.

Isaac leaves a life defined by confinement and returns to monsters, hunters, and systems of power that everyone else accepts as normal. Getting stronger may be the only way to survive—but none of that power is neutral.

Rift Bestiary field plate for Haintlantern Doe — Haintlantern Doe · Art by Bastien Boulai

Rift Bestiary field plate for Wayfinding Regent — Wayfinding Regent · Art by Bastien Boulai

Rift Bestiary field plate for Hinge-Sliver Manifold — Hinge-Sliver Manifold · Art by Bastien Boulai

Recovered from the Rift Bestiary

The monsters have left evidence.

100 commissioned plates recovered. The archive is complete.

Recovered field studies preserve what survivors learned: the forms they recognized, the signs they feared, and the rules that kept some of them alive.

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Cover-reveal image for The Path of Madness featuring a hooded creature holding a bone-topped staff

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Book One

The Path of Madness

Isaac Hawthorne returns after seventeen missing years to a world that moved on without him. The Path of Madness is coming soon; news about the book will appear here when it is ready.

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