The Navigator's Anchor (The Aether Compass)

By T.L. Duncan

Ironbridge is failing-and the truth is buried beneath stone, time, and old mistakes that never stopped repeating.

After Cairnport's fracture is stabilized, Terrilyn, Jax, Thorn, and the Breaker are ordered to report to the Council... but the Compass refuses to let the matter end there. When the signs point to Ironbridge-where Terrilyn's father vanished while trying to prevent collapse-Terrilyn makes a choice the Council can't control.

Deep underground, the group finds a fracture that has been "repaired" for generations... and a system designed to enforce order at any cost.

To save Ironbridge, Terrilyn must do what others never did: stop chasing the symptoms and correct the source. But while the Breaker distracts the Architect long enough for Terrilyn to work, time bends, pressure builds, and the margin for error vanishes.

Some cities survive by force.
Ironbridge will survive by alignment.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GMXBYHRW
• ISBN13: 9798247795506
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 141 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"