Vesselless: A Novel

Some enemies are dangerous. Some are deadly. And then there's Dagen—half-ghost, all charm, and the one person standing between Nizzara and everything she's trying to survive.

Nizzara has never wanted the crown waiting for her in the Kingdom of Zarr. As the reluctant heir to a powerful throne, she's spent years quietly resisting the fate mapped out for her—including an arranged marriage she refuses to accept. When a deadly tournament offers her a path to freedom, she seizes it without hesitation. The rules are simple: win, and she escapes her betrothal. Lose, and the choice is made for her.

What she doesn't account for is Dagen.

A spirit unlike any she's encountered before, Dagen operates on the razor edge between the living world and whatever lies beyond it. Nizzara's rare ability to perceive spirits has always unsettled people around her, but it's never unsettled *her*—until now. Because the darkness blooming inside her feels uncomfortably close to the darkness she sees in him, and the addictive pull of spirit magic grows harder to resist every time they're forced to work together.

She came into this tournament planning to win alone. Now survival means trusting the one creature she should fear most.

*Vesselless* is a lush, atmospheric romantasy debut that blends royal intrigue, paranormal tension, and a slow-burn romance that burns anything but slow by the final pages. Readers who loved *Fourth Wing* and *A Touch of Darkness* won't want to put this one down.