01 / The story
Some secrets
refuse to stay
in the dark.
An intelligence worker. An impossible power. A conspiracy that could set Europe ablaze.
Berlin, 1913. Layla Decken spends her days decoding secret messages for National Intelligence. But her fascination with the occult is more than an academic interest. It is a thread leading back to a childhood she cannot leave behind.
As her search takes her toward Sarajevo, espionage and forbidden magic become dangerously entwined. Layla can slip into shadow to escape her pursuers. What she cannot escape is the question: what will that power make of her?
A historical fantasy of secrets, shadow magic, and a world approaching war.
