Reader Promise

Epic fantasy on the surface. Something stranger beneath it.

Readers can expect atmospheric science fantasy with the texture and scale of epic fantasy.

The series begins with a university and gate-city setting, gifted classes whose abilities shape status and obligation, a power system centered on Dominion, dangerous expeditions into layered realms, alien ecology, hidden or suppressed potential, and institutional pressure from Empire, Church, university, and networks operating beyond official control.

Its mysteries are meant to deepen as the world expands. Power is learned rather than granted all at once, answers create new questions, and discoveries that seem personal at first become part of something much larger.

Expect a deliberate build, earned growth, and long-form mystery—discovery before explanation, consequence before mastery.

False Sky

Books in the Series

Cover of False Sky: The First Layer by D. Labman

False Sky Book One

The First Layer

forthcoming

A routine university expedition beyond Kharast's gate leaves Ashar Vale alive, changed, and carrying something no imperial record can safely explain. To survive, he must hide what he is becoming and uncover why the ordinary future promised to him may have been engineered from the start.

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False Sky Book Two

The Second Hunger

forthcoming

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