Shadows of the Spires

De: Fred Dwyer

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Jax is a thief, a debtor, and desperate—in the city of Elandor, that's a death sentence waiting to happen. When a ruthless loan shark offers him one chance to clear his debt, Jax takes it: steal a brass locket from a wealthy merchant's vault.

It should be simple. It's not.

The Ember Key is a fragment of an ancient artifact connected to the magical convergence buried beneath the city. For three centuries, a failing seal has held back catastrophic forces. Now the seal is cracking. Wild magic surges through the streets, turning stone to glass and reality negotiable. And the Key has bonded with Jax, marking him as the only one who can reach the door sealed deep beneath Elandor's foundations.

Every faction in the city wants him: secret orders promising protection, scholars offering salvation through ancient rituals, cultists who believe the convergence will grant them godhood. They all need Jax to open the door. They all swear they can control what comes through.

But the convergence is waking whether Jax acts or not. His only choice is how: trust the factions using him, destroy the Key and risk making things worse, or face the door himself—knowing that opening it might save millions or kill them all.

He's just a thief from the Depths who couldn't even pay his own debts.

The fate of Elandor shouldn't rest on his shoulders.

But no one else is willing to carry it.