Welcome to Sanjharra—a world where empires rise on broken oaths and magic answers only to blood. Twenty-eight years ago, the Order of Griffin Mages fell in a single night of betrayal known as Magefall, shattering the ancient balance that held the realm together. In the ruins left behind, new powers have risen: the Exarch's conquering forces, hungry demons pressing at weakened borders, and those who remember what was lost. These two prequel novellas to The Last Griffin Mage series explore the aftermath of that collapse—one, a tale of grief and impossible hope; the other of complicity and the cost of awakening. Both ask the same question: what do we owe to a world that has already broken us?

Return To The Black Eyrie

In the heart of a storm lies a secret worth its fury.

Off the shores of the coastal village called Revna in the land of Sanjharra stands the Black Eyrie, an ancient griffin rider haven now abandoned and encircled by endless storms for decades. When rampant supernatural attacks threaten Revna's people, mages Aysha and Vel are summoned in secret to navigate the Eyrie's deadly waters. As descendants of the griffin riders of old, only they can reopen this lost citadel. Their quest: to reinforce its deteriorating magical wards and retrieve the last of the ithilin—sacred bands that unite griffin and rider as one.

But deeper mysteries await within the shadowed stronghold. As Aysha and Vel uncover the Eyrie's secrets, they find themselves ensnared in layers of betrayal and deception. With sinister forces rising in the Eastern Empire of Skaldrath, failure could not only doom Revna but unleash an even darker peril throughout the land. Evoking the rich narratives of Octavia Butler, N.K. Jemisin, and Neon Yang, and the gritty action of Ryan Cahill and Evan Winter—this afrofuturist tale invites fantasy fans into a new world rife with enchantment and peril alike.

Empire of Small Mercies

It has been twenty-eight years since Magefall. It is a New Day across the Empire.

Half-elven monk Jahl has devoted his life to the Anvathar Monastery, where griffin lore of old is forbidden and dragons are an outright myth. But when a drunken mercenary raids the mountain fortress to free a political prisoner, she exposes how deep the monastery's corruption runs: sacred relics sold to the Skaldrathi Empire, innocents enslaved, and ancient knowledge destroyed to serve Imperial lies. Jahl must make a choice that might entwine his fate with the drunken sellsword, and alter the future of Sanjharra itself.