Book One of The Shattered Glass Saga

The First Shard

Name: The First Shard
Author: CDarkmoon

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Ren Talvos was a street thief until the crystal hidden in his master's workshop bonded to his skin — and started whispering truths he never asked to see. Every vision costs him a little more of himself; his hand is already turning to glass. Now the Salt Priests want the shard for the god they feed the city's children, a crime syndicate wants the district it sits beneath, and something vast is stirring under the tide — something that has learned his name.

Adult dark fantasy · graphic violence & body horror · content notes

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Early readers

“The magic system is what sold me. Shard domains, physical costs, and rules you can actually track.”

“If you liked Brent Weeks’ Lightbringer, you will probably like this.”

“A very good first book — and I’m looking forward to reading the next one.”
Advance reader review · ★★★★★

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The saga

Eight shards. Eight prices.

The First Shard opens an eight-book epic set in the maritime world of Veyrune. Book Two, The Drowning Deep, is on the way — the Shard of Sight showed Ren the truth; the Shard of Memory will show him the past, and the past, in Tharros, does not stay drowned.

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