the wayward haunt series
new adult gothic fantasy
STORIES BORN FROM STORMS AND SHADOWS
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STORIES BORN FROM STORMS AND SHADOWS 〰️
THE WAYWARD HAUNT
BOOK ONE
In the middle of a centuries-long war between humans and casters, nineteen-year-old Zaya Wayward is conscripted into the brutal Tarahik Military Academy. Zaya is a necromancer, and her magic is forbidden. She’ll have to lie to survive.
When ghosts warn Zaya of sinister forces playing a hand in the conflict, she suspects leadership is lying. Necromancy is at the heart of the war, and Zaya’s magic might be the key to saving humanity… or destroying it.
Forced to ally with the reluctant Captain Jad Arden, the pair are propelled into a breakneck chase across haunted wastelands, desolate ruins, and ravaged cities. But Jad has secrets, and Zaya’s feelings for him could be her undoing.
If Zaya is to hide her identity and hone her magic, she’ll have to make choices that weigh casters against humanity and survival against love.
“Mysteries and magic abound in this stellar YA fantasy debut.”
– BookLife Review
THE four revenants
BOOK two
Zaya Wayward is a necromancer on the run. Pursued by the United League of Dissent and hunted by the Haxsan Guard, Zaya is uprooted from the Tarahik Military Base and sent into hiding in Scarmouth. Bordered by lush rainforest and golden sands, the coastal village should be a utopia, but a gruesome incident transpires on the beach one evening—a ritual that demands the sacrifice of many lives.
All Zaya wants to do is find her friends and rescue Captain Jad Arden, the man she loves, but the ritual awakens something deadly—the Four Revenants, the bringers of the apocalypse. And they’re hungry for Zaya’s blood. Dragged into a nightmarish landscape, Zaya makes a perilous journey through dense jungle and forested mountains to survive, but is she running away from danger, or straight into its arms?
With her friendships near breaking point and loyalties stretched thin, could Zaya’s pursuit of Jad destroy everything and everyone she trusts?
“From the very first word is a tale spun of intrigue and suspense. An intense, all-consuming, and heart-wrenching story.”
– Shan L. Scott, Author of The Second Sight Trilogy
THE dark divide
BOOK three
Zaya faces a terrifying new reality. Morgomoth has trapped her in a sleeping curse, and Zaya’s soul has been dragged into the nightmarish underworld of the Dark Divide—a place of endless, shifting tunnels filled with lost, raging ghosts.
There is only one way out. A door that, if opened, will unleash the Dark Divide into the living world. Morgomoth has given Zaya a choice. Open the door, join him and his evil forces, or remain trapped for eternity.
Zaya must do the impossible. Escape from the Dark Divide, save Jad and her friends from Morgomoth’s horrors on the world, and learn to defeat him using necromancy.
But it won’t come without sacrifices… or betrayal.
“Mysteries and magic abound in this stellar YA fantasy debut.”
– BookLife Review
THE bone grimoire
BOOK four
Zaya Wayward has survived battles, dark magic, and bloodthirsty rituals. But despite these hard-won victories, she’s still not safe.
In the escalating fight against Morgomoth, now she must play the most crucial role in the war. Zaya must use The Bone Grimoire to unite the Larthalgule and Neathror blades to defeat the merciless leader of the United League of Dissent.
Fighting against old enemies and new ones, Zaya and her friends will need to gather their strength to survive the brutal world of Orthrask as they navigate the perilous journey to Morgomoth’s Kingdom. But determination might not be enough, especially when Jad, the person Zaya loves and trusts the most, is cursed to loathe her.
As secrets, lies, and betrayals are exposed, fighting for freedom could cost Zaya and her friends the ultimate sacrifice.
“Mysteries and magic abound in this stellar YA fantasy debut.”
– BookLife Review