The Age of Fracture

A blood-red moon. A king who rules by fear. A ledger that grows heavier with every name.

In a kingdom cracking under cruel decrees, the King's Right Hand keeps the Ledger of Names. He records the disloyal: a farmer late on his taxes, a widow who shares her bread, a teacher who still believes in mercy. Then a name appears that he never imagined writing. It is his own son's.

Peter has been slipping out of the castle before dawn to sit beneath an old elm with two village children, fiery Tomas and quiet, knowing Anara. They carry a listening stone that hums with both shadow and truth. They mend fences, carry water, and feed the punished, and the village begins to call them The Three Who Plant. Then the King declares kindness itself a crime.

Meanwhile, whispering Shadows sow division through the market square. A servant girl named Sera hears far more than anyone suspects. Deep beneath the Ring of Fire, ancient dragons of love begin to wake.

The Age of Fracture is Book One of the Lightkeeper Chronicles trilogy. It is a hopeful, allegorical fantasy for anyone who has watched fear pull people apart and wondered whether love could still bring them home. The book includes prophecies, a Codex of the Fracture, and a glimpse of Book Two.