Yas always thought of books as an escape, not the place where everything could go wrong.
When her best friend Sam insists that entire realms exist within the imagination of readers, and that his missing father may be trapped inside one, Yas is pulled into magical worlds where stories are real, and dangerous.
And those worlds are under threat. A secret war rages between the Word Guardians, who protect the freedom of stories, and the Controllers, who seek to manipulate them, and the minds of everyone who reads them.
As Yas and Sam search for Sam’s father, they uncover a deeper mystery tied to Yas’s own missing family and a shadowy force known as the Peacekeepers.
With betrayal closing in, Yas must decide who she can trust — before the stories that shape their world are rewritten forever.
Yas and Sam thought the Controllers were finished. The rival leaders are gone, their networks shattered. But something isn’t right. Fake news is spreading like wildfire, protests are erupting across the city, and the Word Guardians are being blamed.
Behind the chaos, someone is still pulling strings.
As fear grows and freedoms begin to crack under pressure, Yas and Sam race to uncover the truth, before the city turns completely against those trying to protect its freedoms.
Meanwhile, in the Void, a detective and a vampire are trapped, reliving the same moments again and again. Each repetition brings them closer to escape… or deeper into a trap they may never break.
Two threads. One hidden enemy. And a story that refuses to stay still.
Because this time, the Controllers aren’t just changing the stories… they’re changing reality itself.
After the defeat of Orfeo, the war for imagination should have been over, but a new threat rises from the shadows.
Index, Orfeo’s most dangerous creation, has vanished after kidnapping Raelinn, leaving no trace. Yet his influence is everywhere. Unrest spreads through the streets, authority is quietly manipulated, and freedoms begin to vanish as reality itself starts to shift.
As Yas, Sam, and the Word Guardians hunt for answers, they realise Index isn’t trying to control the worlds, he’s trying to rewrite them. Invisible, untouchable, and always ahead, he is changing the rules of existence itself. To stop him, the Guardians must rethink everything they know about truth, trust, and power… before reality is rewritten for good
Yas and Sam thought they understood the rules of the realms, until they find a locked portal to a city hidden from all others.
Inside, a forgotten realm exists where everyone can use magic, tightly controlled by the Enforcement of Lawful Use of Magic (ELM). But something is wrong: no one remembers who they were before they arrived.
When Yas and Sam are pulled into the realm themselves, they quickly realise escape isn’t possible without help. Their only chance lies with Mira, an ELM officer who may hold the key to their freedom, if they can help her recover her lost past.
But as fragments of truth resurface, a deeper force emerges, shaping memories, identities, and the realm itself. To escape, they must uncover who is controlling everything… before they become trapped in the story too.