The Echoes of Shattered Realms
Released January 15, 2026
She was born to heal. Trained to serve the light. Destined to unravel it.
Raised in light but haunted by divine foreshadowing, Princess Avaline Everlight was meant to be a simple princess of the realm—an obedient daughter, a sacred healer, a beacon of light. But when ancient magic stirs and a forbidden bond alters her fate, Avaline finds herself at the center of a storm centuries in the making.
There are whispers of new adversaries, love turned to betrayal, deaths that shift the balance of power, and a love that could unmake all of Vyrdanor.
Now the divine are watching, prophecies are stirring, and Avaline must choose whether to follow the path laid before her or fracture alliances and burn the world down to carve her own.
The Echoes of Shattered Realms is a lush, epic romantic fantasy, laced with dark secrets, divine reckoning, enemies who dare to become something more, and magic that doesn't ask for permission.
This is not a fairytale. This is Vyrdanor. And the prophecy waits for no one.
Explore Vyrdanor
The Prophecy, maps, royal family trees, the tandem reading schedule, timeline and more.
Open the wiki →Content warnings & author’s note
Dark content level 4 of 5: Death, violence, SI or self-harm, stalking, attempted SA
This is not a gentle story—please read the author's note.
Author’s note
Welcome to Vyrdanor—where the divine are real, the magic is dangerous, and peace is always temporary.
The Prophecy of Vyrdanor is a sweeping epic—part romance, part tragedy, part political reckoning. It follows not only chosen heroes and their lovers, but those who live in their shadows. Along the way, you will encounter themes both beautiful and brutal.
This is not a gentle story.
Though love pulses through its veins, so too does cruelty. Within these pages and the ones to follow, kingdoms rise and fall. Children are born with divine purpose—or cursed fates. Friendships are forged and fractured beneath the weight of lies, and desire can heal... or destroy.
You will walk through halls where alliances are sealed in blood and broken with a touch. You will meet warriors who cannot save everyone, lovers who choose wrong, and rulers who would rather burn the world than lose their crown—or their ideals.
Torture lives in the silence between pleas. Betrayal hides behind polished smiles. Marriage vows are forced in the name of peace. There is violence where there should have been safety, manipulation disguised as protection, and infidelity cloaked in both unthwarted lust and desperate longing.
The divine interfere. The bold defy them. And bodies—sometimes broken, sometimes sacred—become vessels of both love and trauma.
You’ll find coming-of-age arcs, explorations of sexual identity, fertility and childbirth, and moments that challenge the comfort of tradition. Violence will not always be swift, nor sex always soft.
Some characters will die. Others will wish they had.
If you have come for light—know it shines brightest in contrast to shadow.
If you have come for truth—prepare to face it with trembling hands.
And if you have come for love—expect to fight and bleed for it.
Some parts may make you swoon. Others may make you rage. I hope all of them make you feel.
This is not a fairytale. This is Vyrdanor.
And the prophecy waits for no one.
With love and fire, Maelana
Trigger warnings
- Abduction
- Abusive Relationship
- Alcohol
- Alcoholism
- Anxiety
- Archery Violence
- Assault
- Attempted Sexual Assault (Not MMC)
- Battle Scenes
- Blood
- Burning / Fire
- Captivity
- Cheating
- Childbirth
- Death
- Depression
- Divorce
- Drinking
- Emesis
- Emotional Abuse
- Eugenics
- Family Planning
- Hand to Hand Combat
- Homelessness
- Homophobia
- Incest (Father / Daughter)
- Infertility
- Infidelity
- Injury
- Knives/Daggers & Knife/Dagger Violence
- Medical Scenarios
- Misogyny
- Murder
- Nonconsensual Sexual Acts Discussed
- Physical Injury
- Poisoning
- Pregnancy
- Profanity
- Rape Discussed
- Refugees
- Sex Work / Brothels
- Sexual Harassment
- Sexually Explicit Scenes
- Stalking
- Starvation
- Suicide & Suicidal Ideation
- Torture
- Toxic Parental/Familial Relationships
- Violence
- War
On-page consent & care
Explicit consent is on the page. Like the rest of Maelana’s fantasy, this book doesn’t include conversations about barrier protection or birth control.
