The Shattered VeilBook One of The Veilborne ChroniclesThe Veil was never meant to break. Now that it has, nothing on either side is safe.Seventeen-year-old runaway Kaelen Dray never asked to change the world. But when he stumbles upon an ancient ruin buried beneath the desert, he awakens a force sealed away before history began. The Veil-a barrier dividing realms-shatters, unleashing creatures of nightmare and gods long forgotten.Kaelen is no chosen one. He is a thief, a liar, a boy who ran from every chain that tried to hold him. Yet as the Veil tears wider, he discovers its power has marked him. To survive, he must stand beside unlikely allies: an exiled blade-dancer, a mapmaker driven mad by forbidden truths, and a stranger who wears the other half of an obsidian mask.The world is breaking. Kaelen's blood may be the key to saving it-or the weapon that finally destroys it.The Shattered Veil is a dark, lyrical epic for fans of Patrick Rothfuss, Brandon Sanderson, and Neil Gaiman. A story where ancient secrets, cosmic horror, and human defiance collide at the edge of reality.