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Thornwall: A Hollow Court Novel
Paperback
Series: The Hollow Court: A Dark Fantasy Romance, Book 2
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 10 2026
Pages: 148
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.37 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Sera is a forger - one of the last who can shape iron using the ancient bond between blood and Root, the vast living network that stretches beneath the world. For generations, the Root has demanded sacrifice: blood for power, pain for growth. And for generations, forgers have paid.
But when Theron, the King of the Ember Court, burns the Ashfields to sever the Root forever, Sera discovers something impossible. The Root doesn't need blood anymore. It needs permission.
Now Sera must rebuild what was destroyed - not with the old ways of sacrifice, but with a new kind of forging. One built on consent. On listening. On the terrifying act of trusting something you don't fully understand.
But Theron isn't finished. He believes the Root is a parasite, and he'll burn his way to its heart to prove it. His spies have infiltrated Sera's court. His soldiers are digging beneath her walls. And the person Sera trusts most has been feeding him secrets since the beginning.
To protect the Heartwood - the Root's ancient core - Sera will have to face Theron. Not with armies. Not with fire. With a hammer that hums, a question that has no easy answer, and the stubborn belief that the world doesn't have to choose between purity and connection.
The Root and the Forge is a story about what we destroy when we're afraid, what we build when we're brave, and what grows in the spaces we stop trying to control.
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