In the sprawling metropolis of New Olympus, 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.
Imara Blackwell 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 Veil, an unseen world of echoes, memories, and untamed magic.
As people begin to vanish-willingly-Imara must form unlikely alliances with a rogue sorcerer, Marcus, whose charm is matched only by his secrets, and Selene, 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 rewrite it.
At the center of it all waits the Veiled Master, an ageless figure who once walked New Olympus as a man-and now seeks to reshape it into something perfect, controlled, and irreversible.
With the eclipse approaching 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 crescendo-or its final note of resistance.
Veins of Shadow is a gripping urban fantasy of mystery, identity, and destiny. Perfect for fans of The City of Brass, The Bone Season, and Ninth House, it explores what happens when the magic we bury begins to remember us-and demands to be heard.
