The Forsaken Domain

A slow burn, with sound logic, high-IQ characters, no face-slapping wish fulfillment, and multiple perspectives. These are the hallmarks of this book, so readers who mind should proceed with caution. (P.S. Things start getting lively in Chapter 13, so the opening is a little slow…) Roy was kept under house arrest by the Church from childhood. An unexpected contract ritual freed him from its grasp and set him on a life of wandering and escape. Confronted with a dazzling yet unfamiliar world, Roy drew on the gifts granted by his contract and worked tirelessly to bring an ancient profession, long discarded by history, back into the public eye, dazzling the whole world…