About Series
Behind the ordinary face of modern Earth, two ancient psionic factions, the Lambent and the Obscura, wage a hidden war over fate itself. Witches see the threads of what may come. Warriors ground them. Between them lie the metajunctures, small moments capable of bending history toward salvation, ruin, or something far worse.
When Cynthia of the Obscura and Robert of the Lambent discover they are siblings separated at birth, the revelation detonates across the secret war like a psychic fault line. Their battle coincides with a massive solar event, triggering The Silence, a global EMP that ends the modern world in a single breath, followed days later by The Storm, ten days of apocalyptic violence that finishes what technology's death began.
Amid the collapse, ordinary lives are pulled into the machinery of fate. Dustin and Christine fight their way through a broken America. Connor Murphy becomes the central convergence point for forces he barely understands. Jasmine, a powerful unbonded witch, draws both factions toward her, only to choose a darker road. A Veil Sundered is a story of survival, hidden history, shattered families, loyalty, power, and the terrible cost of choosing who gets to inherit the ashes.
Reading Order
Central Themes
Survival after collapse
Love forged under pressure
Hidden psionic war
Fate and metajunctures
Ordinary people carrying extraordinary consequences
Key Characters
Dustin Moore
ProtagonistA practical, self-reliant young man already reeling from devastating loss when civilization collapses, forcing him onto a road where surviving alone may no longer be enough.
Stacie Weber
Dustin's FiancéeDustin's high school sweetheart and fiancée, Stacie has spent six years building a future with him before a choice of her own becomes one of the fractures that reshapes his life.
Christine Worthington
ProtagonistIntelligent, stubbornly resilient, and unwilling to let survival strip away their humanity, Christine becomes Dustin's reluctant companion as the road forces both of them to reconsider who they trust.
Jasmine Martinez
WitchA dangerously powerful Witch whose years without a proper bond have left scars on both her power and her judgment, making her an unpredictable force in the hidden war.
Emmett Klessens
Bonded WarriorA disciplined Warrior whose bond with Jasmine tests his restraint, resolve, and understanding of what it means to stand beside a Witch without surrendering himself to her.
Thomas Willis
Rochester Camp LeaderThe calm, ruthless ruler of the Rochester Camp, Willis has built a brutal but functioning society around a simple belief: strength gives those who possess it the right to rule those who do not.
John Valdez
Rochester Camp Second-in-CommandWillis's trusted second-in-command and the man who keeps much of the Camp functioning, John is increasingly forced to reconcile obedience with his belief that strength creates responsibility rather than ownership.
Sophie Hayes
Rochester Camp SurvivorAn eighteen-year-old survivor captured with her mother by the Iron Dawgs, Sophie becomes one of the human faces of the Rochester Camp and the brutal cost of the world Willis has built.
Clara Hayes
Rochester Camp SurvivorSophie's mother, Clara is fiercely protective of her daughter as grief, captivity, and the cruelty of the Rochester Camp force her to fight for the one piece of her family she still has left.
Connor Murphy
Warrior / Nexus FigureA former Marine and exceptionally powerful Warrior whose path becomes a central convergence point in the hidden war, linking choices, people, and metajunctures that can reshape the future.
Caitlin O'Sullivan
Witch / ThreadwalkerAn extraordinarily powerful Witch who survived for years without the bond that should have been necessary to keep her stable, Caitlin can see the threads of possibility in ways even the Lambent struggle to understand.
World Building
The Veil
The hidden layer of reality beneath the ordinary world. Through it, witches sense fate, warriors anchor power, and ancient factions manipulate metajunctures that appear insignificant until history breaks around them.
The Sundering
The psychic rupture created by Cynthia and Robert's conflict, magnified by a massive solar event. It begins the chain of catastrophe that leads to The Silence, The Storm, and the collapse of the world everyone thought they understood.
The Lambent
Guardians of life, order, stewardship, and continuity. The Lambent preserve knowledge and civilization through hidden networks, sanctuaries, and fronts such as VMARC, trying to guide humanity away from ruin without revealing the war beneath the world.
The Obscura
An ancient faction that embraces shadow, control, secrecy, and the ruthless shaping of fate. The Obscura believe survival demands strength, discipline, and the willingness to do what the Lambent refuse to contemplate.
Witches & Warriors
Witches see and shape the threads of possibility. Warriors ground, shield, and focus that power. The terms are not gendered, and the bond between them can become refuge, weapon, prison, or prophecy.
Metajunctures
Seemingly ordinary moments where fate gathers weight. A conversation, a rescue, a death, a delay, or a chance meeting may become the hinge on which civilization turns.