In Solara, silence is purity. Creation is sin. Lian, a Weaver who shapes living silk, and Kaito, a Syndicate engineer devoted to reason, were never meant to meet. Yet in a ruined temple, art and science fuse into something forbidden-a resonance strong enough to challenge gods and empires alike. Hunted by zealots of silence and haunted by their pasts, they flee into the Glass Desert to destroy the Purifiers' final creation: a machine that can cleanse all sound and soul.
In the sterile heart of the world, Kaito confronts his old master-and the choice between his sister's life and the woman who taught him to feel. As the world burns, Lian makes the ultimate sacrifice, channeling chaos itself to save those she loves. When dawn rises over the wasteland, she lies still-yet in the silence between heartbeats, something answers. From crystalline cities to molten ruins, Blade of the Silk is a lyrical silkpunk epic of forbidden love, rebellion, and rebirth.
It weaves logic and emotion, machine and magic, into a meditation on creation, loss, and the cost of harmony. For readers of Arkady Martine, C. L. Clark, and Brandon Sanderson, this debut fuses science fantasy and romantic myth into a story of two souls who dared to sing in a world built on silence.
In Solara, silence is purity. Creation is sin. Lian, a Weaver who shapes living silk, and Kaito, a Syndicate engineer devoted to reason, were never meant to meet. Yet in a ruined temple, art and science fuse into something forbidden-a resonance strong enough to challenge gods and empires alike. Hunted by zealots of silence and haunted by their pasts, they flee into the Glass Desert to destroy the Purifiers' final creation: a machine that can cleanse all sound and soul.
In the sterile heart of the world, Kaito confronts his old master-and the choice between his sister's life and the woman who taught him to feel. As the world burns, Lian makes the ultimate sacrifice, channeling chaos itself to save those she loves. When dawn rises over the wasteland, she lies still-yet in the silence between heartbeats, something answers. From crystalline cities to molten ruins, Blade of the Silk is a lyrical silkpunk epic of forbidden love, rebellion, and rebirth.
It weaves logic and emotion, machine and magic, into a meditation on creation, loss, and the cost of harmony. For readers of Arkady Martine, C. L. Clark, and Brandon Sanderson, this debut fuses science fantasy and romantic myth into a story of two souls who dared to sing in a world built on silence.