The Echo of Cinder

By Erik L Seabury

In the city of Elathia, memories are the currency of peace. Citizens willingly donate their grief, trauma, and pain to the state, receiving a quiet life in return. This psychic refuse powers the city's gilded cage and fuels the euphoric drug of the elite. The system is perfect. The system is a lie.
Rhys is a man who cannot forget. A disgraced enforcer haunted by the ghost of his murdered partner, he scrapes by in the undercity, clinging to a quest for vengeance that everyone else has forgotten.
Seraphina is a woman who cannot remember who she is. A gifted "Echo" who steals memories on the black market, her mind is a chaotic chorus of other people's lives. She hunts for a mythical memory called Oblivion, believing it's the only thing that can grant her the silence of self-destruction.
When a desperate case forces their paths to cross, Rhys and Seraphina are dragged into a conspiracy that reaches the very heart of their world. Their volatile alliance, born from necessity, soon deepens into a dangerous and forbidden bond. In each other's shattered lives, they find a reflection of their own, forging a love that is not gentle or kind, but a beautiful, defiant ruin.
As they hunt for a truth that will unravel their city, they are faced with an impossible choice: sacrifice the past that defines them, the future they can't have, or each other. Because in Elathia, the only thing more dangerous than a stolen memory is one that demands to be remembered.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GYRGM6TJ
• ISBN13: 9798258366863
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 518 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.2" x 6.0"