In a timeless café nestled within the mists of the Underworld, Charine has long served as a guide for wayward souls. She no longer dreams, no longer remembers her life before the Mist-until a strange traveler arrives, cracking the stillness with a voice that shouldn't exist.
As forgotten memories resurface and ancient forces stir, Char must face the truth of who she was... and who she may still become.
A journey through myth, memory, and the quiet spaces in between.
The Void is calling.
The Ether is waiting.
Content Warning: Trauma-all of it.
Including but not limited to: alcohol, nudity, violence, strong language, sex, themes of loss and death, SA, abuse, and a general lack of human integrity.
This is a story of death, and rebirth, and everything that lands in between.
The universe is created, a shitload of traumatic experiences that add up to Life happen, and then everyone dies.
This book walks quietly through those experiences and-in my own way-attempts to offer them the respect they deserve.
If you are not prepared to walk quietly with us, turn back now.
The events in this story are meant to be received, not condoned; understood, not judged.
When it makes you angry, when it makes you uncomfortable-KEEP GOING.
Autorentext
Verity Verbose is a mythmaker at heart, threading timeless legends through the needle of contemporary storytelling. Her debut novel, Charred Ether, reimagines Greek mythology with emotional depth, vivid atmosphere, and a sharp eye for the human (and inhuman) condition. With a background steeped in poetic intuition and a love for shadowy, liminal spaces, Verity builds narratives that are as rich in feeling as they are in worldbuilding. She writes for those who crave meaning behind the myth, fire beneath the words, and characters who haunt the page long after the final line.