The Shattered Quill

The Shattered Quill (The Inkweavers, Book 1) A Dark Historical Fantasy of Cursed Ink and Hungry Gods Some stories refuse to end. Some stories hunger. Evelyn Marlowe was raised on lies. Her parents, once revered scholars of the Inkweavers Guild, died as traitors—their names scrubbed from history, their research burned. Now, Evie survives as a thief in the shadows of the Obsidian Isles, stealing Guild secrets and selling them to the highest bidder. But when she infiltrates the Scriptorium of Verdant Vale to claim the Shattered Quill, she learns the truth: The Quill is no mere artifact. Bound in flayed skin and whispering in voices only Evie can hear, the Quill was never meant to write stories. It was made to cage one. The Forgotten Deity—a child-god drowned in ink and sealed away by the first Inkweavers—is waking. And she remembers Evie's bloodline. Hunted by the Guild's ink-mad enforcers and stalked by a shadow that wears her face, Evie must unravel a conspiracy older than the Five Realms: Why did her parents really die? What waits in the Drowned City, rising beneath the waves? And when the last page turns… will she be the hero, the villain, or the sacrifice? As the Quill's whispers grow louder, Evie's grip on reality unravels. The ink is alive. The past is a lie. And the only thing more dangerous than the Guild's wrath is the god they tried to erase. Praise for The Shattered Quill: "A masterpiece of dark fantasy—lyrical, brutal, and impossible to put down." "Like The Shadow of the Wind meets The Book Eaters—with teeth." "Ali crafts a world where stories breathe, bleed, and bite back." For fans of: Gothic fantasy with intricate magic (The Invisible Library, The Ninth House) Morally grey heroines and cursed relics (Gideon the Ninth, The Lies of Locke Lamora) Dark, immersive worldbuilding (The Bone Shard Daughter, The Library at Mount Char) The Inkweavers Series begins here. Turn the page—before the ink dries. Content Warnings: Body horror, psychological terror, graphic violence, and themes of betrayal. Recommended for mature readers of dark fantasy.