Downloading Of Depth and Deception

In the cut-throat depths of the Aghata Trench, dead bodies and stolen secrets have a way of surfacing when you least expect them.

As an untrained Seer, Skehl always knew he was likely to die young. And his fate never bothered him, so long as his sister was happy. But after her recent promotion in the Trenchguard—with new, more ruthless assignments—Thressel hasn’t been the same. She’s grown colder. More distant. And Skehl just wants his old sister back.

So, when the trench’s most illustrious order of Master Seers offers him the chance to hone his rare future-seeing ability, and possibly provide a better life for his sister, it’s an opportunity he can’t refuse. Even as Thressel withholds her support after making a life-changing discovery of her own.

Tensions between them escalate when Rader—an arrogantly handsome and possessive imperial delegate, with the power to rewrite memories—arrives. Here on an “off the record” assignment, his fate becomes entwined with Skehl’s as political schemes bring them together to work a clandestine mission smuggling select families out of the trench.

Amidst late-night rendezvous, stolen kisses, and evading overly protective sisters, Skehl may be just the thing to thaw Rader’s cold, imperial heart.

Only... which of his memories might get rewritten along the way?

A standalone dark MM fantasy-romance set in an underwater world of cruel magic and impossible choices—perfect for fans of lush world-building, morally grey characters, and devastating pining.