The Ember Verdict: A Dark Fantasy Mystery of Magic, Murder, and Buried Secrets

In Vaelmoor, some crimes are meant to stay buried.When mages begin turning up dead with their magic violently stripped away, Inspector Corvin Ashe is drawn into an investigation that quickly becomes far more personal than he expected.The victims have something in common: each is connected to a fifteen-year-old tragedy that the city has long since accepted as an accident.But someone remembers what really happened.As Corvin follows a trail of old names, sealed records, forgotten witnesses, and increasingly dangerous secrets, he begins to realize that the murders aren't random. Someone has been waiting fifteen years to deliver a verdict-and the people responsible are still powerful enough to silence anyone who gets too close to the truth.With pressure from the Conclave mounting and the investigation closing in on a past the city would rather forget, Corvin must decide how far he's willing to go for the truth.Because some verdicts don't come from a court.They come from someone who has waited long enough for justice to fail.