Crimson Fade Hardcover – March 19, 2026

Sam has always believed his world was small.Raised among the dwarfs of Urawin by a gruff, brilliant smith named Theldrog, Sam grew up knowing only forge-smoke, stone halls, and honest labor. When Theldrog sends him on a simple errand to deliver a consignment of weapons to a distant city, Sam expects little more than sore feet and a quiet return home.Instead, the road opens into something far larger. Sam never reaches Pickscinder. What he finds instead is a kingdom in decay.Across Calumoria people are beginning to change. Friends turn hollow and strangers wear familiar faces. There is a hidden force moving from body to body, feeding, spreading, and waiting.Unbeknownst to Sam, powerful eyes already follow him. The iron-handed monarch of Calumoria sends the feared Black Sabres to hunt both the spreading menace and the young man who may threaten his throne.But truths long buried refuse to stay silent.As Sam journeys onward, guided by allies both unlikely and dangerous, he begins to sense that his life was never his own. His blood carries a pact and Calamity, which shaped the world itself, has not finished with him yet. Read more