Strings Beneath the Veil

When Elias wakes up in the body of a dead man named Lucien Vale, the smog-drenched city of Marivale greets him like a coffin with open arms. Haunted by whispers that call him marionette, stalked by shadows that move when he doesn’t look, and tied to siblings who think he’s someone he’s not—Lucien soon learns that this world runs on secrets stitched tighter than its seams. In a city where masks are currency and faith can kill, he’s drawn into the enigmatic Guild of Masks, a clandestine society that deals with the unseen—and pays in power, sanity optional. But beneath the laughter of jesters and the elegance of gods, some strings bind all things. And someone, somewhere, is pulling his.