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That Which Follows You Home: A Dark Epic Fantasy Adventure
The Nine Hells have opened.
For centuries, Dún Lorne was a beacon of peace between realms, a place of academic achievement where weavers studied the art of manipulating the threads binding the world together. The mighty citadel sits upon a wellspring of great power. But power corrupts, and the traitorous King Casius has seized control of the citadel, opening a doorway between worlds, starting a war that changes the landscape of Verdalis for centuries. This became known as The Convergence.
If you want terrible monsters, blood-soaked battlefields, vivid thread magic, gut-wrenching loss, and moments of fierce tenderness, grab your copy now. Fans of high-stakes fantasy, portal fiction, and character-driven war stories will be hooked.
The citadel is crumbling.
Kings cross blades.
Monsters flood the earth.
And sometimes what follows you home is the monster within.
For fans of Ryan Cahill’s The Bound And The Broken, Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Witcher, and authors like John Gwynne and Joe Abercrombie.
For centuries, Dún Lorne was a beacon of peace between realms, a place of academic achievement where weavers studied the art of manipulating the threads binding the world together. The mighty citadel sits upon a wellspring of great power. But power corrupts, and the traitorous King Casius has seized control of the citadel, opening a doorway between worlds, starting a war that changes the landscape of Verdalis for centuries. This became known as The Convergence.
If you want terrible monsters, blood-soaked battlefields, vivid thread magic, gut-wrenching loss, and moments of fierce tenderness, grab your copy now. Fans of high-stakes fantasy, portal fiction, and character-driven war stories will be hooked.
The citadel is crumbling.
Kings cross blades.
Monsters flood the earth.
And sometimes what follows you home is the monster within.
For fans of Ryan Cahill’s The Bound And The Broken, Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Witcher, and authors like John Gwynne and Joe Abercrombie.
206 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2026
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February 19, 2026
This book has so much goodness in it. I’ll try to narrow down some of my favorite things but there were ton which is genuinely impressive for a 200 page novella. Josiah was able to fit so much into one book but at no point was I overwhelmed or confused. This was just straight action and the perfect amount of heartbreak. A perfect setup to his upcoming series.
Pros:
- the magic systems are really well done. In this book we see 3 different ones. Portal, runes and elemental(?). Elemental is the best way I describe the weaver system here.
- characters. We follow three different POVs and storylines and they were all fantastic. Each one has a different purpose and carries different weight. Blythe and Hjalmar were my favorite and the fight scenes with them were incredible. Ophyr is solider that has had a massive fall from grace and give us insight into what happened after the convergence. Renyart’s storyline gives us a great love story despite having the smallest amount of page time.
- prose. Josiah’s writing is great. He shows so moments where he can really set a scene beautifully but can also dive into the dark side of his style and both are gripping and makes you not want to put the book down. He writes fighting scenes like a pro and is able to capture the “vibe” of each character while they are fighting.
Cons:
- I’m not big on spice and there’s a bit of it here. It’s done really well and it does add to the story but like I said, in general spice is not my favorite
- we do a few pretty significant time jumps towards the end of the book and there’s one where we jump to a new “age.” I wish we got to see a bit more background on that and I think if we got to explore Ophyr’s story a little more we could see how that came about. I’m sure this will be explored more in his book but it felt like a big jump that was only partly explored.
Pros:
- the magic systems are really well done. In this book we see 3 different ones. Portal, runes and elemental(?). Elemental is the best way I describe the weaver system here.
- characters. We follow three different POVs and storylines and they were all fantastic. Each one has a different purpose and carries different weight. Blythe and Hjalmar were my favorite and the fight scenes with them were incredible. Ophyr is solider that has had a massive fall from grace and give us insight into what happened after the convergence. Renyart’s storyline gives us a great love story despite having the smallest amount of page time.
- prose. Josiah’s writing is great. He shows so moments where he can really set a scene beautifully but can also dive into the dark side of his style and both are gripping and makes you not want to put the book down. He writes fighting scenes like a pro and is able to capture the “vibe” of each character while they are fighting.
Cons:
- I’m not big on spice and there’s a bit of it here. It’s done really well and it does add to the story but like I said, in general spice is not my favorite
- we do a few pretty significant time jumps towards the end of the book and there’s one where we jump to a new “age.” I wish we got to see a bit more background on that and I think if we got to explore Ophyr’s story a little more we could see how that came about. I’m sure this will be explored more in his book but it felt like a big jump that was only partly explored.
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