The Sundaraya Cycle · Book One
The Scholar Aflame
Coming January 2027
Two scientists. Two secrets. One discovery that Sundaraya’s Ruling Council will go to any length to bury.
Tahira ela-Priya has built a career on the cutting edge of metaphysical science. She’s also building a secret: a clandestine cure for severe elemental aspectation—the condition that has shaped her entire life. Her aspect grants her powerful fire magic at the cost of debilitating emotional dysregulation.
When a northern scholar of metaphysical epidemiology is assigned to share her lab, she expects a threat. But Vidar Eriksyn already knows what she’s really researching—because his own aspectation is slowly icing over everything that makes him who he is.
Enemies to Lovers
Slow Burn
Shared Secrets
Academic Rivals
Magic with Consequences
Political Intrigue