Keeper of the Golden Veil

In a land scorched by memory and ruled by silence, a girl once unseen now carries the weight of what should have stayed buried.

The journey that began as escape has become something far more dangerous. As whispered power stirs beneath ash and gold, her steps are watched by eyes both mortal and monstrous. Some want what she carries. Others want what she is becoming.

Out in the ruins, nothing stays dead—and nothing stays secret. Not longing. Not loyalty. Not the slow-blooming ache of a bond that neither distance nor danger has burned away.

But in a world where devotion can devour and beauty can break, even strength is a risk. And she is running out of names for the things she’s willing to risk.

Keeper of the Golden Veil is the sweeping second book in The Eye of the Beholder, a romantasy series where desire complicates destiny, ancient magic listens when no one else does, and even power forged in grief must decide what it’s willing to protect.

The virtual voice reading this ruined it.

Every time the virtual narrator called the main character by her nickname, it sounded like someone yelling, "Hail!" Inconsistent pronunciation of the same words and names that were used several times.