Defy the Dusk: Book One of The Sundering Duet

Twenty years after a catastrophic surge of magic fractured the world, humanity clings to existence in the shadow of nightmarish creatures that emerge at twilight. Civilization is divided between those aboard the Dawnrider, a high-speed rig harboring the elite, and those abandoned to the darkness. Lirien, the woman whose own volatile power triggered the collapse, lives aboard the rig, biding her time to dismantle the tyrant who rules it.

Her plans shatter when she is abducted by Vox, the formidable king of the feralists—the outcasts who survive the night by defying it. Vox presents a brutal ultimatum: join his ranks to fight the encroaching monsters or face a gruesome death. Forced into an uneasy alliance, Lirien initiates a dangerous game of seduction, intending to manipulate Vox to secure her return to the Dawnrider.

However, the line between strategy and desire blurs as she witnesses the reality of Vox’s war. Amidst the relentless hunt for survival, Lirien must confront the truth of her past and the weight of her magic. As her loyalties fracture, she realizes that the path to redemption may require her to abandon everything she once fought to protect.