New Cycle: Volume 3

By Heeth Lewotsky

The New Cycle: Volume III - Zartania

In the desert empire of Zartania, the wanderer Vyx and his AI companion Talos find a kingdom of silk and smoke built atop a sleeping machine. Beneath Emperor Sung Lao's opal palace, an ancient vault hums-a relic that responds to blood, memory, and will.

When the emperor's brothers conspire with the digital ghost of a long-dead queen, the vault's awakening turns a royal wedding into a war. Shadows of the old world rise, alliances fracture, and tragedy reshapes the empire's future.

Armed with the emperor's final gifts-a Writ of Open Path and an Echo Key-Vyx and Talos set out toward the east, chasing the traitors into the wasteland known as the Black Citadel, where life and machine become one nightmare.

Zartania is a story of power, loss, and the fragile bond between man and machine in a world still learning how to remember itself.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FXTJZKXP
• ISBN13: 9798271569333
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"