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A new mind-bending dark academia series brimming with Alchemy and deadly secrets.
Kilian Morgenstern, the third child of a prestigious family in Clawfort, has resigned himself to running his family’s law office. But when terrible news of his father’s sudden death ripples across the ocean, Kilian is burdened with fulfilling his father’s dying wish while his siblings inherit the Morgenstern fortune.
Kilian must enroll in the mysterious Moonthorne Academy to study alchemy with a singular goal: to find a cure for death. But the walls of the Academy harbour dark secrets, and before long, Kilian is plagued by horrifying visions of threats against his loved ones.
When Nikolas Vesa, a dangerous criminal from Kilian’s past resurfaces, Kilian is presented with a devil’s bargain: let the rakish and disreputable Nikolas help him, or be trapped forever.
With his demon-yellow eyes and troubled past, Nikolas despises not just the Alchemists, but the Morgensterns too–and as he offers Kilian a panacea from his troubles, Nikolas secretly presses the cold knife of vengeance against his back.
Prima Materia - Book One
On Matter and Decay
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A talented thief and a mediocre Alchemist. Two destinies bound by a pact promising freedom from an Academy of Alchemy where accidents are the order of the day. But freedom always comes at a price, and who will pay the highest?
Kilian miraculously survived his Initiation. He has officially joined the Alchemist Lodges, but other students at the Moonthornes’ Academy remain suspicious after a Magister died during his Test, prompting the fearsome Curia to investigate him and expose the innate potential he tries to hide. Kilian is a Transcendent, and now that the Forgotten Lodge’s Magisters know his secret, they offer to train him to harness his power. And they will show no mercy.
Nikolas Vesa is on the verge of disaster. The Guild has forsaken him after blaming him for his friends’ deaths, and he now wanders the streets alone, under the artifact’s sway after he stole it from the Prince’s lab. Yet the artifact is the least of his worries: a brutal gang of ruthless men is about to arrive in town and is in need of Nikolas’s skills to find who they’re looking for.
This is the second book in the Prima Materia series, a dark fantasy thriller about Alchemy that will play with your mind.
Prima Materia - Book Two
On Stone and Time
Mentioned Slavery, Dubious consent scenarios, Sex work, Arranged marriage, Child violence (elusive, not elaborated), Domestic violence, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Depression, Dissociation & dissociative episodes (part of the magic system/powers), Eating disorders (elusive, not elaborated), Hallucinations (part of the magic system/powers), Attempted Suicide, Substance addiction (elusive, not elaborated), Alcohol consumption & abuse, Drugging, Amputation, Blood & gore depiction, Body horror, Body modifications, Dead bodies & body parts, Decapitation (of a dead body), Loss of autonomy, Loss of limb, Physical injuries, Scars, Terminal illness, Death of a parent, Death of a partner, Grief & loss depiction, BDSM (asphyxia, anal, kinky sex, bonding, pegging), Confinement, Fire & arson, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder & attempted murder, Organised crime, Whipping, Hunting, Animal and Character’s Death on page, Big Bro beats the Protagonist, Initiations, Religious Cults.
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