Chroma Concord

In the Dominion of Veritas, power is light. A person's worth is measured by the color of their magical Aura, a vibrant spectrum that grants strength, status, and purpose. But Hannah is a Void-colorless, powerless, and branded an outcast. Her only refuge is the dusty silence of the Grand Repository, where she lives as a ghost, hiding from a dystopian society that fears her as a leech upon its perfect order. When a magical cataclysm shatters the city's heart, a wave of raw, chaotic power awakens a terrifying, forbidden magic within her. No longer just a Void, she is branded an "Aberrant," the ultimate heretic and monster of children's nightmares. With her quiet life destroyed, Hannah becomes the most hunted person in the empire, her very existence a threat to the Lord Justicar's iron-fisted rule. Sent to capture her is Warden Austin Bailey, the Dominion's perfect soldier and the ruthless enforcer of the system she despises. But when their chase plunges them into the forgotten depths of the city, they unearth a threat far older than any law-shadowy creatures that feast on magic-and a conspiracy that reaches to the very heart of the Dominion. Forced into a desperate alliance, hunter and prey must flee across a dying wasteland, unearthing a secret history that could shatter their world. The truth is not what they were taught. The heroes were monsters, the saviors were heretics, and the light they all worship is the lock on their cage. To survive, they must trust the one person they were sworn to destroy. To win, they must become the spark that ignites a rebellion.

In the iron-fisted Dominion of Caelus, power is everything, and Ella is a Nexus-Born-a rare wielder of a terrifying gift that makes her the most wanted fugitive in the realm. With the ability to absorb the magical resonances of others, she is a living weapon, a reality-warping curse. Her only ally is the one man she should never trust: Joseph Butler, the infamous Argent Butcher, the regime's most ruthless killer, now a man desperate to escape his own bloody past. He was sent to capture her, but defied his orders to become her protector. Their last hope for survival lies in the Sunken Citadel of Gyre, a legendary rebel stronghold hidden in the heart of a toxic swamp. But sanctuary is not freely given. To a rebellion haunted by Joseph's history and terrified of Ella's uncontrollable power, they are not heroes-they are threats. Imprisoned by the very people they sought for help, they are caught between the empire hunting them and the allies who would rather see them dead. To earn their trust, they must undertake an impossible mission, forcing them to rely on their fragile alliance. This gripping dystopian fantasy blends intricate world-building with high-stakes action and a slow-burn, enemies-to-allies romance. Faced with a ruthless empire on one side and a suspicious rebellion on the other, can a living weapon and her former hunter survive long enough to prove their loyalty, or will the shadows of their pasts consume them both?

In a world dying under a sky that bleeds color, the last embers of a desperate rebellion are fading. The Sundered Legion, an army of outcasts, is being crushed by the weaponized light of the fanatical Aethelgard Dominion. Their only hope is Lily Cornish, an apprentice historian turned reluctant prophet, whose chaotic power to wield every magical hue might be the key to salvation… or the spark that ignites total annihilation. At her side is Austin Black, the disgraced Shadow of the Citadel, a traitor who commands the very darkness his former masters despise. Together, they uncover a truth more terrifying than any war: the Lord Regent plans to use an impending eclipse to perform a ritual, purge reality of its imperfections, and ascend to godhood. Their only chance lies in a frantic quest for two mythical artifacts, tools that could rewrite the fundamental laws of magic. But their journey into forgotten history reveals that the world itself is a lie. The monstrous Echoes plaguing the land are not creatures of malice, but tears of a cosmic grief. The light they have been taught to worship may be a prison, and the darkness they fear, a prisoner. In a war where empathy is a weapon and sorrow is a source of strength, Lily and Austin must confront the true nature of their power and their past. To stop a tyrant from becoming a god, they may have to kick over the board and unleash the abyss itself.