About Series
Behind the ordinary face of modern Earth, two ancient psionic factions, the Lambent and the Obscura, wage a hidden war over fate itself. Witches see the threads of what may come. Warriors ground them. Between them lie the metajunctures, small moments capable of bending history toward salvation, ruin, or something far worse.
When Cynthia of the Obscura and Robert of the Lambent discover they are siblings separated at birth, the revelation detonates across the secret war like a psychic fault line. Their battle coincides with a massive solar event, triggering The Silence, a global EMP that ends the modern world in a single breath, followed days later by The Storm, ten days of apocalyptic violence that finishes what technology's death began.
Amid the collapse, ordinary lives are pulled into the machinery of fate. Dustin and Christine fight their way through a broken America. Connor Murphy becomes the central convergence point for forces he barely understands. Jasmine, a powerful unbonded witch, draws both factions toward her, only to choose a darker road. A Veil Sundered is a story of survival, hidden history, shattered families, loyalty, power, and the terrible cost of choosing who gets to inherit the ashes.
Reading Order
Central Themes
Key Characters
World Timeline
World Building
The Veil
The hidden layer of reality beneath the ordinary world. Through it, witches sense fate, warriors anchor power, and ancient factions manipulate metajunctures that appear insignificant until history breaks around them.
The Sundering
The psychic rupture created by Cynthia and Robert's conflict, magnified by a massive solar event. It begins the chain of catastrophe that leads to The Silence, The Storm, and the collapse of the world everyone thought they understood.
The Lambent
Guardians of life, order, stewardship, and continuity. The Lambent preserve knowledge and civilization through hidden networks, sanctuaries, and fronts such as VMARC, trying to guide humanity away from ruin without revealing the war beneath the world.
The Obscura
An ancient faction that embraces shadow, control, secrecy, and the ruthless shaping of fate. The Obscura believe survival demands strength, discipline, and the willingness to do what the Lambent refuse to contemplate.
Witches & Warriors
Witches see and shape the threads of possibility. Warriors ground, shield, and focus that power. The terms are not gendered, and the bond between them can become refuge, weapon, prison, or prophecy.
Metajunctures
Seemingly ordinary moments where fate gathers weight. A conversation, a rescue, a death, a delay, or a chance meeting may become the hinge on which civilization turns.