Veins of Shadow

<p>In the sprawling metropolis of <strong>New Olympus</strong> ancient magic pulses beneath glass towers and neon lights-forgotten by most silenced by time. But when a cryptic prophecy resurfaces whispered through dreams and etched into the city's hidden veins something begins to stir in the shadows.</p><p></p><p><strong>Imara Blackwell</strong> is a sharp-witted investigator with a past she refuses to remember and a sister she can never forget. When a missing persons case collides with a string of strange symbols and dream-like trances spreading through the city Imara finds herself pulled into a deeper mystery-one tied to the <strong>Veil</strong> an unseen world of echoes memories and untamed magic.</p><p></p><p>As people begin to vanish-willingly-Imara must form unlikely alliances with a rogue sorcerer <strong>Marcus</strong> whose charm is matched only by his secrets and <strong>Selene</strong> a dryad bound to the city's wild core whose ancient power might be the only thing keeping the Veil at bay. Together they uncover a ritual designed not to destroy the city... but to <em>rewrite it.</em></p><p></p><p>At the center of it all waits the <strong>Veiled Master</strong> an ageless figure who once walked New Olympus as a man-and now seeks to reshape it into something perfect controlled and irreversible.</p><p></p><p>With the <strong>eclipse approaching</strong> and the prophecy unraveling Imara must face the truth buried in her blood: she is more than a witness to this collapse. She may be its <strong>crescendo</strong>-or its final note of resistance.</p><p></p><p><strong>Veins of Shadow</strong> is a gripping urban fantasy of mystery identity and destiny. Perfect for fans of <em>The City of Brass</em> <em>The Bone Season</em> and <em>Ninth House</em> it explores what happens when the magic we bury begins to remember us-and demands to be heard.</p><p></p>