Spellbreaker

Leandra Weal is Warden of Ixos, which means hunting neodemons. The work keeps putting her in danger, and a prophetic spell she picks up on one hunt gives her a glimpse of a single day in her future. What it shows is that she will murder someone she loves, soon. It does not show who.

Her family offers plenty of candidates. Her lover is a shark god, her aunt is a hostile empress, and her father is a rogue wizard who misspells magic. Her mother, an exacting woman, can turn dragon-like in an argument with her daughter.

The search for the victim grows more urgent as Leandra's chronic disease flares. Around her, the Ixonian Archipelago suffers natural disasters, demon-worshiping cults and bitter political infighting. Wherever she goes, she lands in the middle of intrigue and conflict.

This is fantasy built on the magic of written language, with a family at its center and a threat that spreads across the islands. Leandra and her relatives pursue the truth about a prophesied demonic invasion, about human language and about who they are, and the family itself may break before the answers arrive.