Book one of The Sundering Bloodlines

A kingdom built on a lie.
A blood debt coming due.

The Sundering ended generations ago. Its scars never healed. Now an exiled young woman bears a mark tied to its buried history—and the ancient power bound beneath the world is stirring again.

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Blood of the Bound, Book One of The Sundering Bloodlines, is currently in edits.

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The Sundering Bloodlines · Book One Currently in edits

Book I

Blood of the Bound

The legend of the Sundering has held the kingdom together for generations.

In the exile settlement of Kelmoor, Saphielle Caina has spent her life hiding the mark on her skin. When that mark answers an ancient power, she is driven from the only home she has known and into a conflict older than the kingdom itself.

A retired hunter searches for the daughter stolen by a rising cult. A loyal servant of the Concord uncovers the foundations of its most sacred deception. And beyond the storm-scarred Greywound, something bound for generations has begun to reach back.

To stop it, they must uncover what truly happened at the Sundering—and decide what they are willing to sacrifice when the truth demands another price.

The Sundering Bloodlines

Every kingdom inherits its history. Some inherit its debts.

The Sundering Bloodlines is an adult epic fantasy trilogy about inherited power, buried history, and the people forced to pay for the lies that built their kingdoms.

In a world still scarred by a failed magical war, ancient bindings are weakening and forgotten bloodlines are awakening. Each revelation threatens the institutions founded to conceal the truth—and each victory carries consequences far beyond those who won it.

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Twelve casters went into the valley. History only counted four.

Read The Uncounted, the night history chose not to remember—generations before the same buried debt comes due in Blood of the Bound.

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Behind the veil

J.R. Corvane writes epic fantasy for readers who want their worlds old, their victories hard-won, and their legends complicated.

A New England–based author of ancient power, buried histories, and hard-won hope. When not writing, Corvane can usually be found reading, raiding with friends in Final Fantasy XIV, collecting yarn faster than it can be crocheted, or answering to a very fluffy cat. Meet the author →

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