The Severance

For a thousand years, the Severance Tower has stood as the world’s silent guardian, a bone-white spire that anchors the "Taint"—a chaotic, corrupting magic—far beneath the city of Valdrence. Kieran is a boy of the streets, raised to revere the Wardens who maintain the Tower's sanctity. But when he is selected to serve within its walls, he discovers that the peace of the world is built on a foundation of hollowed souls and stolen lives. As the Tower begins to groan under the weight of its own secrets, Kieran finds himself at the center of a brewing storm. With an ancient locket as his only guide and a power he doesn't understand awakening in his blood, he must decide: is it better to live in a safe cage, or set a broken world free? The Severance: Some bonds are meant to be broken.