The Thread of Black Dawn

By David McDonald Jr.

Book 3 from The Instruments of the First Night series, The Thread of Black Dawn.

The Black Thread has begun to move.

Across kingdoms, courts, shrines, and battlefields, unseen bindings tighten around choices not yet made. Oaths are twisted before they are spoken. Loyalties fray. Prophecy becomes a weapon, and every ruler fears that the next war may already have been sewn into the world.

Kael Odran, Maerin Ostell, Mara Qadir, and Tovan are drawn beyond the ruins left by the Mirror of Ash, where the next Instrument does not reveal the past or reflect stolen futures. It binds consequence to intention, turning guilt, ambition, mercy, and fear into threads that cannot easily be cut.

As Halemyr struggles to survive its broken succession and old powers gather beyond the known roads, the companions must face a design older than the dead courts of Nharoth.

The First Night was not only buried.

It was woven.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H5BT4WZG
• ISBN13: 9798181186606
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 426 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"