by S.R. Brennan
6 chapters15,806 words
Isla hears the things people think they said in private. It makes her a very good translator, and an impossible person to lie to. But when the lease on her beloved bookstore is set to expire in exactly forty-five days, being an excellent listener isn’t…
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6 chapters16,421 words
When a blood-debt goes unpaid, the creditors do not want silver. They want collateral. For the thief known as Qadir, whose strict code of stealing only to restore what was taken has left him penniless but alive, being traded to settle another man's ledger is…
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by S.R. Brennan
6 chapters18,000 words
When a catastrophic structural collapse and biological containment breach locks down the massive K'illu Memorial Hospital, patient advocate Sisaqa finds herself trapped on the wrong side of the highest-security blast doors. Her critically ill sister is…
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6 chapters18,386 words
In the rigid, sun-bleached stronghold of Kyzyl-Kala, survival depends on blind obedience to the Blood Tithe—a mandate mathematically fair on paper, but monstrous in practice, claiming the innocent for the state's cruelest machines. Asena-tay is the city's…
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6 chapters18,129 words
In the metaphysical border town of Suna, things slip across the veil every day—sometimes memories, sometimes people, sometimes cursed relics. Tani is a thief with a strict code: she only steals to return what was wrongfully taken across the crossing. When a…
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6 chapters16,915 words
Zadeya Feraoui is a street-smart scavenger living on the frozen edges of the Qas Bani Court, making a meager living by surviving the ice. She possesses a rare gift: whenever she touches a shattered object, she sees exactly what it was and how it was used…
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