A stolen night. A floating sword. A secret order that never lets you leave.
Sam only came to the city to trade for supplies and bring home a birthday gift for his little sister. But when a pair of halflings hunt him through the dark, he stumbles into a hidden shrine—and finds an impossible weapon suspended in midair: a rune-marked sword that shouldn’t exist… and won’t let him go.
The blade saves his life. It also marks him.
Before dawn, Sam is pursued by the King’s guards and confronted by Motis—a secretive order of magic-wielders with their own war, their own rules, and a price for entry that cuts deeper than any steel. If Sam joins, he loses his old life forever. If he refuses, he may not live long enough to regret it.
While Motis trains him to survive, something else is closing in—a patient, intelligent predator from the shadows, watching, waiting, and following the sword’s trail.
Sam will have to master magic, trust uneasy allies, and face an expedition into danger before the hunter finds him first.
Motis Operandi is Book One in an action-driven epic fantasy adventure of secret orders, deadly magic, and a young man forced to become more than he ever wanted to be.
