Shadows and Daggers

By Erik L Seabury

Betrayed assassin Damar Skath, rooftop thief Lyra Cindrel, and hunted archivist Saphira Nyth must expose the ancient machine beneath Varrath before Empress Corvessa and the Iron Hand turn every hidden door in the city into a grave.

Varrath is a city built on drowned bones, royal lies, and doors that were never meant to open. Damar Skath, once the crown's most feared killer, returns from exile to find his name sharpened into bait and his next contract aimed at the one woman who still believes there is a soul beneath his blade. Lyra Cindrel steals secrets from rooftops and palace vaults alike, but the cipher she carries drags her into a war where every bargain costs blood. Saphira Nyth knows the truth buried in the Imperial Archives, and truth has become the most dangerous weapon in the realm.
As Empress Corvessa tightens her grip and the Iron Hand begins its purge, rogues, spies, scholars, beggars, and broken soldiers are forced into a desperate pact beneath the city. Their enemy is not only a throne, but the old machinery of power sleeping under it, a cruelty fed by names, chains, and obedience. To survive, Damar must choose more than a target. Lyra must decide what loyalty is worth when family and freedom stand on opposite sides of the knife. Saphira must risk the knowledge that could save Varrath or doom it completely.
Brutal, shadowed, and steeped in betrayal, Shadows & Daggers is a grimdark fantasy of assassins, thieves, forbidden archives, palace rot, and the terrible price of refusing to be owned.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H9GKFTCM
• ISBN13: 9798187466214
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 618 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.5" x 6.0"