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Gothic, visceral and utterly compelling,\u00a0<i>These Shattered Spires<\/i>\u00a0is the first book in the Wyrdos trilogy<i>.<\/i><\/b><br \/>\n<b><i><br \/>\n<\/i><\/b><b>Beneath a tooth-filled sky, the world rots.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>At the heart of the decaying world<\/b>\u00a0is Fourspires Castle, home to arcanists from across the four magical disciplines:\u00a0<b>bone, blood, botany<\/b>\u00a0and<b>\u00a0stone.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>When the king is assassinated, chaos erupts.<\/b>\u00a0To seize the crown, arcanists and their human familiars are dragged into\u00a0<b>the Slaughter \u2013\u00a0<\/b>a deadly competition, where survival means killing and death is the only escape.<\/p>\n<p><b>Amidst the bloodshed, four rival familiars\u00a0<\/b>must work together \u2026\u00a0<b>Taro<\/b>, a bone witch still obsessed with her ex.\u00a0<b>Nixie<\/b>, a botanical familiar with a ghost living in her bedroom.\u00a0<b>Elliot<\/b>, a cursed and vengeful blood familiar and\u00a0<b>Alix<\/b>, banished from the stone arcania tower and shrouded in secrets.<\/p>\n<p><b>Together, the four Wyrdos<\/b>\u00a0<b>are not just fighting to survive,\u00a0<\/b>but to lift the curse upon their world. 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