Rovik Miller was born in the dark, deep in the tunnels of The Orbit, where miners chip away at glowing veins of Core to keep the city above alive. For eighteen years, he swung a pickaxe, scraped together credits, and protected his crew from the dinosaurs still lurking in the depths.
When a rogue mage incident drags Rovik to the surface and into the ranks of The Crown — the elite enforcers of The Orbit — he gets a taste of a life he was never meant to have. Clean air. Real food. Power. But every reward comes with blood, and every mission cuts deeper than the last.
In a city where magic is outlawed, memories are currency, and children vanish without a trace, Rovik must make a choice: follow orders and survive or break ranks and protect what’s left of his soul.