The Bleeding Sun

Kaelen was hired to steal a crystal. He wasn't supposed to start a rebellion.

In the blood-soaked capital, survival has always been simple: take the job, take the coin, and never care enough to become a hero.

Then Kaelen steals the Heartshard.

Hunted by the Empress's Veinwardens and carrying an artifact that beats like something alive against his chest, he escapes into the Ashen Quarter—where a sharp-tongued musician named Lyra is turning tavern songs into something far more dangerous.

What begins as another job pulls Kaelen into a rebellion alongside a disgraced holy man, a guarded killer with a borrowed name, and a girl who trusts the wild more than she trusts people.

But the deeper they travel into the secrets of the Crimson Throne, the clearer one thing becomes:

The Heartshard was never just something to steal.

And some things buried beneath an empire should have stayed buried.

The Bleeding Sun is a dark fantasy adventure of rebellion, found family, ancient secrets, and the terrible cost of refusing to let go.