The Twelfth Stanza Vol.1: Ink Shall Weep for Thee

In the Iron Metropolis of 1996, the truth isn't spoken. It is carved.David Miller is a man built of secrets and cheap scotch. Five years after a devastating fire destroyed his life, he survives in the soot-stained shadows of Oakhaven-on-the-Brine, haunted by memories that smell of strawberry shampoo and pomegranate wine.But in a city governed by the oppressive Aethelgard Iron & Information Trust, silence is the only currency that matters.When a series of rhythmic, poetic murders begins to tear through the districts, David is pulled back into the light. A killer known only as The Necromancer is using a bone-stylus to write a "living poem" into the flesh of the city's inhabitants.As the atmospheric pressure rises and the gears of the city grind faster, David realizes he isn't just investigating a crime-he is being edited. In a race against the "Master Typeface," he must decode the vituperative geography of his own past before he becomes the final stanza in a masterpiece of blood and ink.The Twelfth Stanza is a gritty, analog-horror thriller that blends '90s noir with psychological suspense. If you enjoy atmospheric world-building, cryptic mysteries, and heroes who fight their own demons as much as the ones in the streets, you won't be able to put this down.Step into Oakhaven. But be warned: Information is heavy, and the ink never dries.

Pages: 384, Paperback, Independently published