City of Storms (Nightmarked, #1)

A tarot reader with a dangerous past. Two mortal enemies. And a conspiracy that could burn it all down.

In the perfect world of the Via Sancta, magical power flows through intricate tattoos on your skin. They promote harmony and suppress base urges like greed, lust, and anger.

But sometimes the marks invert—driving you mad.

Alexei Bryce hunts these deviants for the Church, secretly hoping to find the dark mage who turned his brother. The trail leads to Kasia Novak, a cartomancer who is more than she seems. The cards say they are fated to fall in love—if they can survive long enough.

Because now that same dark mage has infiltrated the city’s wards and is hunting Kasia.

Alexei and the nightmage called Malach fought on opposite sides of the bloody civil war years before. But despite the Church’s claim of victory, the conflict is far from over. And Alexei will discover that his faith’s triumph over the darkest recesses of the human soul is more fragile than he ever imagined.