**B&W EDITION**
In a world where magic is built on lies, one boy holds the key to its salvation-or its ruin.
The Empire is fractured into seven Orders, each guarding its own power and perpetuating a sacred falsehood: that the Void beyond the Veil is only destruction. The truth is far worse. Once the Source of all magic, the Void was shattered by the Devoured-fallen Guardians whose hunger now seeps back into the world.
Ren, a nameless orphan, expects nothing more than a life of survival in a tavern's shadows. But when a knife freezes midair at his command-without incantation, without colour, without any magic the Orders can name-his life changes. Declared an anomaly by the Emperor, Ren is forced to train under all seven Orders, an honour reserved for none... until him.
In his search for belonging among the Orderless, Ren stumbles on truths too dangerous to ignore: flames that whisper in forgotten glyphs, groves that heal through listening, and a Gold Order mage scarred by the Void itself. The Veil is thinning, the lies of the Empire are fraying, and something ancient is stirring beyond the dark.
As visions of a white flame shattered into seven shards torment him, Ren faces a choice: survive quietly with those he loves-or step into the rift between worlds and risk everything to mend what was broken. But to restore the Source, he may have to unseal the wound that still bleeds darkness-and awaken what should never wake.
THE RIFTED delivers all the sweep of epic fantasy in a sharp, fast-moving tale. It's lean by design-propulsive, tightly woven, and impossible to put down. Perfect for readers who want the wonder of a saga without the weight of a tome-immersive, addictive, and certain to spark a lasting commitment to the series.
