- Author
- Ori Refael Peretz
- Language
- English
- Last updated
Opening slate / 2026 professional edition
Three works. Three distinct conversations.
Platinum Pegasus Publishing develops each title as its own editorial object. This opening-slate guide covers The Sovereign Union, Aetherion and The Black Laurel. It is a three-title professional introduction, not the full 33-entry catalogue.
The Sovereign Union
Give your heart. Know what you’re promising.
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First edition in preparation
Story or subject
Before making a lifelong commitment, a man needs to understand both the promise and the responsibilities attached to it. The Sovereign Union brings love, legal marriage, independence and mutual protection into the same conversation. Five composite stories, opposing arguments and a discussion toolkit work through what couples owe each other, how they share risk and how they can prepare for a life together. Serious prenuptial agreements sit alongside questions of trust and commitment, giving readers a basis for decisions they can understand, discuss and stand behind.
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Aetherion
Creation remembers what empires forget.
Status
Book I in development
Story or subject
Six Gates anchor Aetherion, a world shaped by Resonance: the force linking matter, memory and magic. Five are known; the sixth is connected to Silence. As powers from a buried age return, rival civilizations and sacred orders face discoveries that threaten their understanding of creation. Varakos and the Living Gate embody the possibility of remaking that creation. But correcting everything could erase the imperfect world in which love, error and growth remain possible. The conflict reaches beyond who should rule Aetherion to whether anyone should remake it.
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The Black Laurel
His father’s secrets know his name.
Status
Series in development
Story or subject
On his nineteenth birthday, Jonah Mercer is working at a South Florida hotel when armed men try to abduct Prince Zayd. His intervention draws the attention of the Black Laurel, a hidden institution tied to his missing father. Nine years earlier, Jacob Mercer vanished. Within the Laurel, he is remembered as Nightowl, an operator whose obligations did not disappear with him. Jonah’s search for answers draws him toward a world of operators, protected families and Sanctuaries, bound by sovereign guarantees and old promises. Finding his father’s history means confronting the loyalties that come with it.
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Start with the work. Then start the conversation.
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Current professional materials
Eight founding-title sheets, current web cover art, founding-collection facts and an author biography. This rights guide retains its three-title opening-slate scope.