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Eldritch Endeavors
Nelm is the Archmage of Appalachia. It's a title that comes with a lot of baggage, a little bit of power, and absolutely no instruction manual.
She spends her days running a crystal shop in Athens, Ohio, and her nights trying to keep the local magical ecosystem from collapsing while managing her own erratic brain chemistry. It's a messy life, but it's hers.
Then a child-demon hybrid tears a hole in reality to deliver a The Maelstrom is coming. Something is hunting across dimensions, and Nelm's supposed to stop it with six allies she hasn't met and powers she doesn't have yet.
Before she can even process the end of the world, the corrupt Eastern Collegium strikes. They drag Lyric to the Pyx, a living prison built from the tormented souls of its victims, designed to break the strongest minds. Lyric is Nelm's predecessor, her complicated friend, and now the Collegium's warning to anyone who defies them.
They chose the wrong target.
Nelm doesn't care about politics or ancient laws. She cares about her people. With her best friend Calvin and a raven who knows far too much, she descends into the earth to challenge the oldest powers on the continent. Forbidden alchemy. Bargains with dark gods. Reality itself unmade if that's what it takes.
The Collegium thinks they can use fear to control her.
They're about to learn what happens when you back a cosmic horror into a corner and tell her exactly how much she has to lose.
She spends her days running a crystal shop in Athens, Ohio, and her nights trying to keep the local magical ecosystem from collapsing while managing her own erratic brain chemistry. It's a messy life, but it's hers.
Then a child-demon hybrid tears a hole in reality to deliver a The Maelstrom is coming. Something is hunting across dimensions, and Nelm's supposed to stop it with six allies she hasn't met and powers she doesn't have yet.
Before she can even process the end of the world, the corrupt Eastern Collegium strikes. They drag Lyric to the Pyx, a living prison built from the tormented souls of its victims, designed to break the strongest minds. Lyric is Nelm's predecessor, her complicated friend, and now the Collegium's warning to anyone who defies them.
They chose the wrong target.
Nelm doesn't care about politics or ancient laws. She cares about her people. With her best friend Calvin and a raven who knows far too much, she descends into the earth to challenge the oldest powers on the continent. Forbidden alchemy. Bargains with dark gods. Reality itself unmade if that's what it takes.
The Collegium thinks they can use fear to control her.
They're about to learn what happens when you back a cosmic horror into a corner and tell her exactly how much she has to lose.
528 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 5, 2026
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