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Choose a genre, enter a story world, or follow the ideas behind a book. The complete title list lives in the catalogue; this is a place to explore what connects the work.
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The Sovereign Union
Epic fantasy
Bold worlds. Bigger questions.
Aetherion
Espionage
High stakes. Higher truths.
The Black Laurel
Puzzles, activity & journals
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Illustrated classics
Sun Tzu & Marcus Aurelius.
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The Sovereign Union
A man can mean every word of a vow and still misunderstand the promise. Love, marriage and mutual protection meet in a candid guide to the choices that shape a shared life.
Explore →Aetherion
Six Gates sustain a world shaped by divine Resonance. Its empires know five. A buried age is returning with a past their sacred orders may find more dangerous than any rival kingdom.
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The Black Laurel
Jonah Mercer is nineteen when a prince’s attempted abduction brings the Black Laurel into his life. It knew his missing father as Nightowl—and its promises have a way of surviving the people who make them.
Open the incident file →Five more ways into a book.
Begin with an editorial introduction to the remaining founding titles. Explore their themes and imagery before returning to the book.
Enter the Labyrinth
The maze is learning to read them.
A Greek holiday traps a family inside Daedalus’s invention. Its corridors move. Its architecture can learn.
Publication details pendingRead the introduction →Memory & powerMemento
The crown is yours. The dead have other ideas.
A new monarch inherits the wisdom of dead rulers—and their unfinished claims on the living kingdom.
Story introductionRead story introduction →Glory & the divineAristeia
The gods watch. The heroes bleed.
Demigods and chosen mortals chase a heroic name through monsters, hunts and rivals—and the dangerous business of divine favor.
Publication details pendingRead the introduction →Loyalty & intrigueThe Golden Hostage
Seven heirs. One murder. Six reasons to lie.
Bound by a royal covenant, six surviving heirs must solve a murder before their kingdoms’ bargain claims them.
Publication details pendingRead the introduction →Inheritance & choiceLegacy of Cain
The first murder still has heirs.
A new heir inherits Cain’s Mark—and enemies who see a bloodline to control, exploit or erase.
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The Black Laurel
Jonah Mercer’s entry into the Laurel begins a developing series. Explore the central story, then the planned companion works.
Explore the series Myth & survivalEnter the Labyrinth
Begin with the Labyrinth, then discover the proposed House of Daedalus and The Last Thread projects.
Explore the trilogy proposal Fantasy & the divineAetherion
Enter the six Gates and the civilizations shaped by Resonance.
Explore the Gate atlas Stories taking shapeDeveloping fiction
Discover Ivory, Babel, Dominion, Crownless, House of Sol and 8th Seal, with each project’s current direction clearly stated.
Browse developing fiction