The Mark of Broken Oaths
The world chose a hero. It overlooked the boy who could break its rules. When the sky tears open above his home, fourteen-year-old Orrin Vale flees with thousands of survivors into....
The world chose a hero. It overlooked the boy who could break its rules. When the sky tears open above his home, fourteen-year-old Orrin Vale flees with thousands of survivors into Eidolon—a dark world where spoken oaths become magic and ancient creatures remember every promise broken. Eidolon welcomes its radiant champion, Alaric Sol. Orrin receives a Hollow Mark, dismissed as a useless flaw. But the Mark lets him see fractures hidden inside spells, monsters, and the bargains that hold worlds together. Every broken oath Orrin binds makes him stronger. Every gain takes something from him. And as refugees vanish and the truth behind the Crossing emerges, he must decide how much of himself he can lose to keep the people he loves alive. They will celebrate the hero they can see. They may never know who saved them.