The Bones of Light

About this book

In the hollowed-out ribcage of a planet-sized leviathan, the Spire-City of Orophin clings to life above a toxic nebula. Vaynor, a pragmatic mechanic suffering from the bone-shattering disease 'Hollowing,' spends his days repairing the city's failing struts using Bio-Luma, a volatile magic derived from the leviathan's marrow. His routine is shattered when Veya, a fugitive scholar carrying forbidden anatomical charts, crashes into his sector. She reveals a terrifying truth: the leviathan is dying, and Orophin will soon plummet into the poisonous abyss below. Pursued by the fanatical Inquisitor Harth, who wields density-manipulating magic to crush dissenters, Vaynor and Veya embark on a desperate ascent along the creature's treacherous Nerve-Highways. Their mission is to reach the leviathan's heart and administer a massive, chemically precise jump-start. As the city tilts and gravity fails, they must rely on engineering ingenuity and the creative application of solid light to survive the climb, solve the intricate biological puzzle of the heart, and outmaneuver an unstoppable zealot before their world falls apart.