Evermere Chronicles

In Evermere, magic is not given. It is negotiated. And every bargain has a cost. When a noble girl falls into an unnatural sleep, Investigator Rowan is called to what should be a simple case. But when a healer dies aged decades in seconds Rowan realizes this is no ordinary spell. It's a contract. One written long ago. One that never stopped collecting. As Rowan digs deeper, he uncovers a system of magic woven through bloodlines, inheritance, and buried clauses no one remembers agreeing to. Every answer pulls him closer to the truth and further from himself.

City Watch Investigator Rowan Mirewood knows exactly what contracts cost. He is still paying for his own. So when thirteen children vanish from the coastal city of Thesselmar, each home left undisturbed except for a receipt written in the language of founding contracts, Rowan and his partner Joren are sent to investigate.

Some agreements should never be remembered.

Magic is failing. Across Evermere, wishes are turning deadly, debt contracts are calling themselves due, and collectors now walk openly through the streets. What begins as a series of isolated incidents quickly spirals into citywide panic as old promises demand payment and reality itself begins to fracture. Investigator Rowan Mirewood has spent years uncovering the secrets hidden beneath Evermere's magical foundations. Now those foundations are collapsing.