VERDALIS

In Verdalis, the city sees everything. Cameras line every street, drones patrol the skyline, and the Zenith governs every life below it. Order is not suggested. It is enforced.

Tate Redd is the system's most precise instrument. Raised to be the perfect weapon and bonded to Noir, a sentient shadow entity with a will of his own, he moves through darkness like liquid, bending it to his purpose. But when the system turns its gaze on the people he has quietly, carefully chosen to love, Tate's precision begins to fracture. Reality is glitching in ways that cannot be stabilized. Enemies he thought were buried are resurfacing. And at the center of it all is a child... small, impossible, and carrying a power that neither the Zenith nor anyone else fully understands yet. Noir whispers constantly. The city watches without blinking. And Tate must decide what he is willing to burn down to protect what matters.

Verdalis is a dystopian sci-fi novel set in a near-future city-state where cybernetic enhancement, domestic relationships, supernatural ability, and authoritarian control collide. Featuring a morally complex cast, depth in world-building, a unique power system rooted in emotional truth, and a story about found family, loyalty, and what grows back after everything breaks. Book One of the Verdalis Series.