Echoes of the Circus

By Obadiah Haynes

The Glitch in the Gear

In a world of perfect order, chaos is the only cure.

For centuries, the Baron has ruled the landscape with an iron grip of logic, purging the "Noise" of human emotion to create a silent, clockwork utopia. But even the most perfect machine has a flaw.

Enter Twitchy, a "Jester" born from a failed experiment, whose body is a map of silver scars and whose blood hums with the golden sap of pure entropy. He is a walking malfunction in a world that demands symmetry. Alongside Nukpana, a Shadow-Queen whose grief is a weapon, and Vesper, a brilliant tinker who sees the soul beneath the steel, Twitchy embarks on a journey from the radioactive Wastes to the crystalline heights of Aethelgard.

From the ruins of ancient high-tech cities to the sentient, crushing depths of an overgrown magical forest, the trio must confront the Baron's final legacy. As the boundary between man and machine dissolves, they discover that the "Error" isn't something to be fixed-it's the spark that makes life worth living.

Adventure, romance, and high-stakes magic collide in a tale where the rhythm of the heart is the only law, and the greatest act of rebellion is a well-timed laugh.

"A masterpiece of bio-mechanical fantasy... a story about what happens when the world finally stops trying to be normal."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GHQ1XJFQ
• ISBN13: 9798243472487
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"