The First Shard — Signed Hardcover (Pre-Order)

Every truth has a price. His is paid in flesh.

Ren Talvos was a street thief before he was anything else — quick hands, quicker feet, and just enough glasswright training to know a flaw in a pane before it shattered. Then he touched the shard locked in his master's workshop, and it bonded to him instead.

Now a living splinter of the mind that shattered itself to cage a drowned god rides in his blood. It shows him truths no one wants seen — and takes its payment in crystalline scars that creep further up his hand with every vision.

His old master already tried to burn the shard out of him. It didn't take. Now the Salt Priests want it for the drowned god they serve. A crime syndicate wants the flooded district it's buried beneath. And in the black water under Tharros, something vast has learned Ren's name — and started listening back.

There are eight shards of the Old Glass. This is the first. Every one will cost him something he can't get back.

Drenched in rain, lanternlight, and fractured reflections, THE FIRST SHARD opens an eight-book dark fantasy saga of arcane heists, morally grey bargains, and the terrible price of power — for readers of Scott Lynch, Brandon Sanderson, and Brent Weeks.

Content note: adult dark fantasy. Contains graphic violence, body horror, drowning and water peril, cult and religious horror, and the ritual endangerment of a child in a religious context (non-sexual). Full notes at cdarkmoon.com/content-notes.

This edition: Hardcover, signed by the author · 140 × 216mm (5.5 × 8.5 in) · ~436 pages · cream paper · limited quantity.
Signed by hand and shipped directly by us — not print-to-order, so stock is limited.

This is a pre-order item and will be shipped when the book launches on September 4th. 

And as a bonus: 🌱 Printed to order by a carbon-conscious partner — every order plants a tree!