Xan van Rooyen

Born of Malice - Unraveled Realms Xan van Rooyen

Savat is an ancient city steeped in old magic. But the once god-fearing Savati people find themselves in the tightening fist of the Sodality, a tyrannical power determined to replace magic with technology, and eradicate all devotion to the old gods.

Yet gods still move among them.

Zal, Chaos incarnate, unjustly exiled to the mortal realm, lives for revenge against his family.

Riksa, War shackled, is the tormented captive of her brother Zal in his obsessive quest to open a way between the realms.

Leksi, Nightmare disincarnate, has always resented her metaphysical family destined to cause human suffering and strives to live free of them.

In Savat's university, the scholar Niki prepares an experiment dangerous to Sodality-imposed rule. Though unskilled in the talents of the magic-wielding arkani, the fruit of Niki's groundbreaking research would harness magic through music, sound, and vibration itself, giving anyone the ability to access the arcane.

When worlds are ripe for annihilation, all it takes is one god-sized sibling rivalry to light a conflagration.