Author Description

The war was supposed to be over. The runes should have stayed dormant. And the world was meant to heal. But the silence left behind is anything but peace. It’s waiting. And it’s hungry. Chase is a commander of the Aegis Order, bound by sacred runes and sworn to protect a world held together by blood, magic, and sacrifice. After a brutal assault on the fortress that housed the Equinox Dial, the artifact vanishes—along with the balance it once kept. Ley lines are beginning to crack. Shadows stir where light once held. And Chase is forced to do the unthinkable: return to the mortal world. Caleb is just trying to keep his life from falling apart. Teaching at a university, navigating a world that never felt like it fit quite right. But when a stranger steps through a glowing portal and looks at him like he’s the only thing that matters, nothing makes sense anymore. Not the runes that appear beneath his skin. Not the magic that pulses when they touch. And not the pull between them that feels like something ancient remembering itself. As attacks on the ley lines escalate and magic begins to fracture across realms, Caleb and Chase are drawn into a conflict older than either of them knows. Bound by something deeper than fate, they must face enemies from without and within—because not all wounds bleed, and not all wars are fought on battlefields. Some wars are quiet. Some are slow. And some are waged in the space between two people who were never supposed to find each other. The Silence in the War is a dark queer fantasy filled with slow-burn longing, visceral magic, and the kind of connection that changes everything.