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The Thirteenth Prescription
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Publisher: Arthur Blackwood
Published: Dec 26 2025
Pages: 312
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Greymoor City never truly sleeps.
Not really.
At night, when the lights dim and the streets seem to inhale, something awakens in its narrow alleys-something that listens, measures, and remembers every wound, every regret, every unspoken wish.
It's during these hours that the Iridian Apothecary appears.
A pharmacy with no address.
No listed hours.
No official existence.
It opens only after midnight, offering cures for things no doctor can diagnose: broken memories, unbearable grief, the hollow spaces left by trauma. Every remedy works. Every cure comes at a price. And the price is always deeply personal.
Lena Morrell, a skeptical journalist, believes only in facts she can verify. But when Greymoor begins to reveal a version of itself that no one else seems to notice-when a frightened runner speaks of a cure that saved him and destroyed him, when doors appear where walls once stood, when the city itself seems to lean toward her-Lena realizes she is no longer an observer.
She is being tested.
Inside the Iridian Apothecary, Lena meets Vale Iridian, the quiet keeper of impossible balances. From him, she learns a truth that reshapes everything: Greymoor is alive. Its streets, its districts, its hidden corridors are part of a living architecture built on intent, consequence, and sacrifice. And when that balance fractures, someone must pay the cost.
As Lena's choices begin to alter the city itself, she discovers that the Apothecary is not a place-but a role. One that cannot remain empty. One that Greymoor is preparing her to inherit.
The Thirteenth Prescription is a dark, atmospheric urban paranormal thriller where cities breathe, fate bends, and every act of mercy carries unseen consequences. A story about responsibility, sacrifice, and the terrible weight of choosing to care in a world that demands balance above all else.
Because the highest price is never paid by those who seek the cure...
but by the one who dispenses it.
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