Six strangers. One night. A mark burned into each of their skin that will not scar, will not fade, and cannot be cut out.
A mysterious scholar hiding a stolen name. A paladin who can't pronounce his own title. A cleric carrying more weight than his god gave him. Together they're the kind of party that shouldn't work — and somehow does, right up until matching Marks appear on their skin overnight and the world starts hunting them for reasons none of them understand.
Something wants them. Something has wanted them since before they knew each other's names. In a world where dragons vanished a century ago and magic now costs blood, breath, and years to wield, six unlikely companions must find out what — or who — put the Marks on them, before whatever comes to collect gets there first.
The Gathering Gyre is Book One of The Seven Marks: a saga of found family, cosmic conspiracy, and the price of power, for readers who want their heroes messy, their magic expensive, and their stakes real.