WHERE THE LIGHT FALLS
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A dark fantasy mystery · Bryan Roubos

Where the
Light Falls

Some things are not meant to disappear.

Mira vanished in the uprising two years ago. In the city above the river, her brother Elias is still searching.

01 / A city of light and shadow

Above, a world of possibility.
Below, a life of your own.

Sunlit Upper City avenues and monumental bridges above the crowded depths of the canyon
The canyon metropolisStep into the world

One vast city spans the canyon. Between its heights and the river, homes, workshops and markets cling to the terraces.

Portrait of Elias Varek, a young Lower City worker

02 / The one still searching

Meet Elias Varek.

Deliveries pay his way through the Lower City. Persistence and dry humor help him through the rest.

His sister Mira wanted to see the world beyond the canyon. She never left before the uprising. Two years later, Elias is still looking for reliable news of her.

Get to know Elias

03 / The opening pages

Begin with a difficult delivery.

Elias Varek had carried heavier things through the Lower City. Few of them had been packed badly enough to strike back.

Something inside the crate slid as he took the next step and hit the timber with a dull knock. Halfway up a steep flight of stone stairs, Elias stopped, shifted his grip, and reconsidered the payment he had agreed to.

It was not enough.

Continue Chapter One

There is more beneath the surface

Follow your curiosity.

The novel is taking shape. Read its first chapter, wander the city, or share what stayed with you.

A novel in progress by Bryan Roubos · Ask about future chapters