The Echo of Cinder

Bol

In the city of Elathia, memories are the currency of peace. Citizens willingly donate their grief, trauma, and pain to the state, receiving a quiet life in return. This psychic refuse powers the city's gilded cage and fuels the euphoric drug of the elite. The system is perfect. The system is a lie. Rhys is a man who cannot forget. A disgraced enforcer haunted by the ghost of his murdered partner, he scrapes by in the undercity, clinging to a quest for vengeance that everyone else has forgotten. Seraphina is a woman who cannot remember who she is. A gifted "Echo" who steals memories on the black market, her mind is a chaotic chorus of other people's lives. She hunts for a mythical memory called Oblivion, believing it's the only thing that can grant her the silence of self-destruction. When a desperate case forces their paths to cross, Rhys and Seraphina are dragged into a conspiracy that reaches the very heart of their world. Their volatile alliance, born from necessity, soon deepens into a dangerous and forbidden bond. In each other's shattered lives, they find a reflection of their own, forging a love that is not gentle or kind, but a beautiful, defiant ruin. As they hunt for a truth that will unravel their city, they are faced with an impossible choice: sacrifice the past that defines them, the future they can't have, or each other. Because in Elathia, the only thing more dangerous than a stolen memory is one that demands to be remembered.

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Pagina's: 518, Paperback, Independently published