The Shackled Verities Series

People are marvelous dreamers, and even better dinners…   Scholar and vagabond, Griggory Dondrin is a simple man with simple dreams, to wander the world and learn all he can of the celestials' many marvels and creations in his short mortal life. And maybe, just once, cross paths with a dragør—without getting burned to char and eaten, of course.   This is a story of what happens when a man's dream comes true, with unexpected, eternal consequences.   In this prequel to the Shackled Verities series, join Griggory before he was a knight sworn and vital member of the Knights Corporealis' quest to save the Great Cosmos , and immerse yourself in the realm of Vinnr before the War of Rivening, when dragørs still roamed the Howling Weald and the Vigil Star had not yet abandoned her creations…   What people are saying about the Shackled Verities Series: "I can't wait to find out what happens next in this epic series." "Compelling plot, intriguing characters and a pretty spectacular world." "Such a fantastic ride for this new promising series.... cannot recommend this enough!!" "… a brilliantly executed novel." "Honestly I'd read a grocery list if Ms. Salyer wrote it."   The Shackled Verities Series: A Knight's Calling: A Shackled Verities Story Knight Chosen: The Shackled Verities (Book One) Knight Redeemed: The Shackled Verities (Book Two) Knight Exiled: The Shackled Verities (Book Three) Knight Awoken: The Shackled Verities (Book Four)

In a Cosmos-wide war between merciless celestials, humans are as expendable as pawns. Until the Knights Corporealis, warriors among the people of the five realms, seize the celestials' weapons and fight back.     Book One in the Shackled Verities Series. An epic fantasy with magic, monsters, and a Cosmos-crossing adventure.   Vinnr is a realm of three kingdoms, one of the five realms of the Great Cosmos. The peace between the kingdoms is stable but fragile, and the Knights Corporealis keep their distance from the fickle and divided commoners. After all, their oaths were sworn to celestials, not to people.    But certain doom has come. A corrupt celestial arrives with a singular focus: to conquer the people of Vinnr and spread his dominion throughout the five realms. As the battle to save Vinnr commences, the Knights quickly find that their fight is not only for their own realm—but for the Cosmos itself.   Embittered and weary of endless battle, Ulfric Aldinhuus, leader of the Knights, finds his faith failing. Ready for the challenge and eager to prove herself, Mylla Evernal, youngest of the Knights, takes up her sword readily and without a thought for her own life. And Jaemus Bardgrim, a peaceful foreigner from another realm is caught unexpectedly in the midst of the chaos and just wants to know what in all the worlds is going on.   But surrender is not in Ulfric and the Knights, and with catastrophe nearly at hand, Ulfric is sure of one thing… a sword will never lose its faith in the fight, even if he has.   What people are saying about the Shackled Verities Series: ​​​​​ "I can't wait to find out what happens next in this epic series." "Compelling plot, intriguing characters and a pretty spectacular world." "Such a fantastic ride for this new promising series.... cannot recommend this enough!!"  "… a brilliantly executed novel." "Honestly I'd read a grocery list if Ms. Salyer wrote it." The Shackled Verities Series: A Knight's Calling: A Shackled Verities Story Knight Chosen: The Shackled Verities (Book One) Knight Redeemed: The Shackled Verities (Book Two) Knight Exiled: The Shackled Verities (Book Three) Knight Awoken: The Shackled Verities (Book Four)

Plagued with a responsibility to his creator he never wanted or asked for, Ulfric and the Knights Corporealis are forced to face a new enemy…and one of their oldest companions.   Book Two in the Shackled Verities Series. An epic fantasy with magic, monsters, and a Cosmos-crossing adventure.   Still shackled to his celestial creator Vaka Aster, Ulfric can take a moment of solace in knowing his world is safe from the usurper, and the Knights can mourn their lost companion.    Their peace, however, is short-lived.   Arch Keeper Beatte is a querulous monarch. When she demands more from Vaka Aster than she's owed, Ulfric has to decide whether to reveal his new but unsought power and take his place as the leader the people of Vinnr seek, or to abandon them completely in their desperate struggles.   That choice is made for him when betrayer Knight Eisa Nazaria of Dyrrakium returns and reveals a historic deception…and an even greater threat.   The exiled empire of Dyrrakium and its thousands of warriors now await Ulfric's command to conquer the rest of Vinnr. If he refuses, what price will he pay? If he capitulates, what blood will be on his hands? And if Balavad returns, how will the vulnerable and deeply divided realm possibly face the usurper a second time?   But what if Balavad never left…   What people are saying about the Shackled Verities Series: "I can't wait to find out what happens next in this epic series." "Compelling plot, intriguing characters and a pretty spectacular world." "Such a fantastic ride for this new promising series.... cannot recommend this enough!!" "… a brilliantly executed novel." "Honestly I'd read a grocery list if Ms. Salyer wrote it."   The Shackled Verities Series: A Knight's Calling: A Shackled Verities Story Knight Chosen: The Shackled Verities (Book One) Knight Redeemed: The Shackled Verities (Book Two) Knight Exiled: The Shackled Verities (Book Three) Knight Awoken: The Shackled Verities (Book Four)

Exiled to a foreign realm, chased and imprisoned by a corrupted enemy, lost to their companions in Vinnr, Symvalline and Isemay have nothing but their wits and will to survive…and the secret to saving the Cosmos.   Book Three in the epic fantasy adventure of The Shackled Verities, with magic, monsters, and a Cosmos-crossing quest.   After Balavad's attack in Vinnr, all thought Symvalline and Isemay dead. They were wrong. Delivered through a starpath to a realm with three moons and a wystic forest of living stone, the lost mother and daughter arrive during the quiet of night along the banks of peaceful river. For the moment, they are safe.   But this deceptive serenity is about to change…   Hunted and pursued, Symvalline and Isemay are separated. Imprisoned by distrusting foreigners, Symvalline discovers that in a few days' time, the realm of Arc Rheunos will be ripped apart by a rivalry hundreds of turns in the making, a rivalry she and her daughter have nothing to do with. A rivalry that was, she is certain, caused by Balavad. A war and devastating plague loom on the horizon, and if the malicious Verity wins, another Verity's realm could be lost.   With the fates of Isemay and Vinnr still unknown, Symvalline is faced with an impossible choice. Either she must turn away from her oath to serve the Verities and find her lost daughter, or she must join the fight to stop Balavad and his vendetta to enslave all the peoples of the Great Cosmos.   What people are saying about the Shackled Verities Series: "I can't wait to find out what happens next in this epic series." "Compelling plot, intriguing characters and a pretty spectacular world." "Such a fantastic ride for this new promising series.... cannot recommend this enough!!" "… a brilliantly executed novel." "Honestly I'd read a grocery list if Ms. Salyer wrote it."   Other books in the Shackled Verities Series: A Knight's Calling: A Shackled Verities Story Knight Chosen: The Shackled Verities (Book One) Knight Redeemed: The Shackled Verities (Book Two) Knight Exiled: The Shackled Verities (Book Three) Knight Awoken: The Shackled Verities (Book Four)

Bloodied and scattered but still unbroken, the Knights Corporealis have one last option left to stop Balavad from conquering Vinnr—they may have to destroy it themselves.   Book Four, the final story in the epic fantasy adventure of The Shackled Verities, with magic, monsters, and a Cosmos-crossing quest.   Ulfric and Symvalline narrowly survived Balavad's attempt to take over the realm of Arc Rheunos, and now find some relief in seeing their daughter Isemay adopt a new life there. If their hopes are answered, it will be a safe one. But hope is a fickle thing.   Jaemus Bardgrim, on the other hand, remains the Cosmos's most reluctant hero. With the aid of someone quite unexpected, he resumes his quest to save Himmingaze from the Glister Cloud's looming annihilation.   Yet, none of them can escape the real threat. Vinnr, and one way or another the Great Cosmos, lies at destruction's doorstep, approaching its final defeat by Balavad's cruelest Ravener army of all, the enslaved people of Dyrrakium.    In The Shackled Verities' final story, the Knights Corporealis go to war against dragørs, Verities, and time itself. They and their few remaining allies must rally for one last fight against Balavad the usurper. Some do it for hope, some for family, some for redemption, but in the end, they all face one truth: a human life is no match for the eternal power of a celestial. If they are very, very lucky, one Knight's sacrifice may be.   What people are saying about the Shackled Verities Series: "I can't wait to find out what happens next in this epic series." "Compelling plot, intriguing characters and a pretty spectacular world." "Such a fantastic ride for this new promising series.... cannot recommend this enough!!" "… a brilliantly executed novel." "Honestly I'd read a grocery list if Ms. Salyer wrote it."   The Shackled Verities Series: A Knight's Calling: A Shackled Verities Story Knight Chosen: The Shackled Verities (Book One) Knight Redeemed: The Shackled Verities (Book Two) Knight Exiled: The Shackled Verities (Book Three) Knight Awoken: The Shackled Verities (Book Four)

A COSMOS DIVIDED. AN ENDLESS WAR. ONLY THE KNIGHTS STAND AGAINST ANNIHILATION.   Epic battles rage across the five realms of the Great Cosmos as humans fight celestials for their very survival in this expansive dark fantasy saga.  The Knights of Vinnr once served the celestials blindly, but now wage an endless war to protect the realms from annihilation. Led by the disillusioned Ulfric Aldinhuus, the Knights Corporealis seize the celestials' own weapons to push back against conquest and enslavement. But with betrayals rocking the Knights from within and new threats emerging from every side, defeat looms.    From the capital city of Vinnr to the wystic forests of Arc Rheunos, follow the journeys of leader Ulfric, fierce warrior Mylla, and unlikely hero Jaemus. United by sword and faith, they must rally old alliances and new ones to defy corruption, uncover ancient secrets, and spark revolution across the stars. Even if it means destroying everything they swore to protect.  Featuring 1,500 pages of nonstop action, jaw-dropping worldbuilding, complex characters, and epic stakes, THE SHACKLED VERITIES series delivers an exhilarating dark military fantasy perfect for fans of The Black Company, Malazan, and Lightbringer. Join the war and witness the cataclysmic battle that will determine the fate of the Cosmos once and for all!   What people are saying about the Shackled Verities Series: "I can't wait to find out what happens next in this epic series." "Compelling plot, intriguing characters and a pretty spectacular world." "Such a fantastic ride for this new promising series.... cannot recommend this enough!!"   "… a brilliantly executed novel." "Honestly I'd read a grocery list if Ms. Salyer wrote it." The Shackled Verities Series: A Knight's Calling: A Shackled Verities Story Knight Chosen: The Shackled Verities (Book One) Knight Redeemed: The Shackled Verities (Book Two) Knight Exiled: The Shackled Verities (Book Three) Knight Awoken: The Shackled Verities (Book Four)