The Fractured Empire Chronicles (Book 2: Veil of Reality)

As one of the Taran Empire’s most powerful young Agents, he has been trained to fight the Bakzen—a terrifying civilization hidden within the Rift and blamed for generations of bloodshed. But everything changes when Wil is captured and taken behind enemy lines.

There, General Carzen offers him something more dangerous than imprisonment: the truth.

The Bakzen are not simply the monsters the Taran Empire has taught its people to fear. Their history is tangled with the Tarans themselves, and the conflict between the two civilizations reaches far deeper than anyone outside the highest levels of power understands. Carzen claims that the Bakzen were created, abandoned, and ultimately condemned by the very people now fighting to destroy them.

Wil refuses to accept the story blindly. Yet every revelation forces him to question another part of his life.

Why is he so important to the Bakzen? Why do they call him “Dragon”? Why does the Priesthood care so much about his fate? And why does his existence seem connected to a war that began long before he was born?

As Wil struggles to survive among his supposed enemies, the line between friend and foe begins to disappear.

The most dangerous discovery may not be what lies beyond the veil.

It may be realizing that the world he trusted was built on a lie.