The Catacombs Beneath the Colosseum

In the forgotten catacombs beneath Rome's Colosseum, ancient ritual and modern technology collide in a battle for the fate of the city—and the soul of prophecy itself. When visionary artist Varra Nero revives the ember-crown—an infernal power grounded in her family's bloodline—she threatens to remake Rome as her masterpiece of flame. Hope Reigns, gifted with prophetic sketches and the ability to draw visions of past and future, stands at the heart of the storm. Alongside sixteen other psychics—clairvoyants, telepaths, illusionists, reality-benders—they form The Circle, based in the underground Helix Hollow. Each has a unique gift. Each has scars. And all must work together or watch their world burn. As Varra resurrects her ancestor's voice in stone, wood, and fire, The Circle must breach her mobile engines, decipher cryptic glyphs carved in catacomb walls, and chase her into the Colosseum's hypogeum—the very cradle of Rome's ancient blood magic. Battles rage: sketches that wound reality, coil-devices seeded with rune magic, shields of force and illusions bending light, atemporal pockets for rescue, whispers from the dead pulling on living minds. But the greater danger isn't just Varra—it's the crown itself. When the fiery halo fuses with her flesh, when the city's bones pulse with ember veins, when Hope's artwork is dragged into prophecy's pull, The Circle must risk everything in a final, decisive stand. Will they shatter the crown before it becomes inevitable? Or will Rome bow to flame and art become erasure? If you love high-stakes spiritual medium thrillers, team-of-psychics fantasy, and supernatural suspense laced with ancient glyph magic, then this novel will grip your heart and race your pulse from the first candle-lit catacomb to the last ember's fall.