A village blacksmith binds herself to a reality‑erasing dagger and becomes the last barrier against a resurrected demoness bent on creating a Necrocracy. To save her world, Ysana must master a weapon that erases existence itself.

Cursed magic. Shattered worlds. A father’s sacrifice—and a daughter’s dangerous awakening.

Twenty cycles ago, Master Smith Jon Thorne paid a devastating toll. Under the Blue Harvest Moon, a ritual meant to save his family tore a hole through reality—claiming his wife, breaking his body, and forcing him to hide his infant daughter, Ysana, from the horrors that followed.

Jon built a quiet life in the woods, burying the past. But magic in this world never forgets those who walk its darkest paths.

When Ysana awakens the reality‑warping relic known as the Wyrdglass, its pulse summons shadow‑bound wanderers and collapses the wards Jon hoped would protect her forever. The Twilight World stirs, led by a necro‑luminous queen wearing a terrifyingly familiar face. And the nightmare Jon fled is coming for them both.

To survive, father and daughter must return to the realm Jon once escaped—a place of copper‑scented fog, bone‑etched magic, and ancient tolls that never stop counting what’s been lost. As Ysana’s power grows, she must confront the truth of her lineage… and the weapon that may erase her world with a single strike.

Some vows are forged in fire. Others are sealed in bone and ash.

Awards:

• 2026 NYC Big Book Award® — Distinguished Favorite