The Veil of Shadows: A Jonah Brookston Novel

By Jesus Leonardo Delgado-Leon

Jonah Brookston wasn't supposed to be here.

Three of the most prestigious magical academies in the world already turned him down. Then Sakiams Academy came looking for him - in the middle of the night, at an abandoned airfield, with an offer that didn't feel like a choice.

It's 2038. Magic has been ordinary since the DNA Shift of 1973 rewrote human biology, giving entire generations elemental power as naturally as a heartbeat. Fire. Water. Earth. Air. Classified, catalogued, controlled. But Jonah carries two opposing elements - fire in one hand, water in the other - and nobody has been able to explain why. Not the government. Not his guardian. Not the professors who recruited him

Not yet.

At Sakiams, Jonah is determined to build something that finally belongs to him. A name he chose. Friends he earned. Skills that are genuinely his, not inherited from a father he can't find or assigned by a system he doesn't trust. But the school is hiding something seven levels underground. A professor who knew his parents won't say what happened to them. And one of his classmates - brilliant, precise, and always watching - seems to know exactly who Jonah is beneath the surface.

More than Jonah does.

The Jonah Brookston Series opens with a story about power, identity, and the difference between the person you were built to be and the person you decide to become. For fans of fast-paced magical academia, morally complex rivalries, and characters who earn every answer the hard way.

Some doors, once opened, don't close.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GT3MPBHL
• ISBN13: 9798250173742
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 628 Pages
• Weight: 1.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"