Veil of Death and Shadow
(2025)(The first book in the Order of Reapers series)
A novel by Gray Holborn
Publication Date will be moved forward - expect this to release in late March/Early April of 2025!
Six years ago, the tightly-coiled barrier between the supernatural world and our own collapsed.
Nothing since has been the same, least of all me.
My name is Mareena, and for as long as I can remember, nearly every person I've grown close to has met with an early demise: my parents, extended family, first boyfriend, first girlfriend...Look, you get the idea. We'll be here all day if I lay the full list out for you.
I guess just be thankful I've never had a pet.
My solution to this meddlesome curse: Let no one close.
(Other than my equally meddlesome best friend, who rejects my every attempt to push her away.)
And curse or not, I've managed to build a pretty comfortable life, all things considered.
I have a home, a job, and a small community that I care about. Things I've fought tooth and nail to get—and protect.
My plan was supposed to be simple. Easy. Or so I thought. Simplicity flew out the window with The Undoing.
Armed with my best friend, a crow that's set up permanent residence in our apartment (to be clear, absolutely *not* a pet—he's a freaking menace), and the increasingly terrifying visions I've been getting, I have to find a way to survive in this strange new world.
But try as I might to protect my small world from death's embrace, death comes calling anyway—in the form of two mysterious men that only I seem able to see. They wait on the sidelines, eager to pull me towards my destiny. Whether I'm ready for it or not.
Don't worry.
Death may be relentless, but so am I.
Veil of Death and Shadow is Book One in the Order of Reapers. It will end on a cliffhanger.
You can expect angst, romance, a stubborn FMC, and a chaotic post-apocalyptic world filled with equal parts danger and excitement. Mareena will end up with multiple partners - no choosing.
Tropes You Can Expect to Encounter:
Six years ago, the tightly-coiled barrier between the supernatural world and our own collapsed.
Nothing since has been the same, least of all me.
My name is Mareena, and for as long as I can remember, nearly every person I've grown close to has met with an early demise: my parents, extended family, first boyfriend, first girlfriend...Look, you get the idea. We'll be here all day if I lay the full list out for you.
I guess just be thankful I've never had a pet.
My solution to this meddlesome curse: Let no one close.
(Other than my equally meddlesome best friend, who rejects my every attempt to push her away.)
And curse or not, I've managed to build a pretty comfortable life, all things considered.
I have a home, a job, and a small community that I care about. Things I've fought tooth and nail to get—and protect.
My plan was supposed to be simple. Easy. Or so I thought. Simplicity flew out the window with The Undoing.
Armed with my best friend, a crow that's set up permanent residence in our apartment (to be clear, absolutely *not* a pet—he's a freaking menace), and the increasingly terrifying visions I've been getting, I have to find a way to survive in this strange new world.
But try as I might to protect my small world from death's embrace, death comes calling anyway—in the form of two mysterious men that only I seem able to see. They wait on the sidelines, eager to pull me towards my destiny. Whether I'm ready for it or not.
Don't worry.
Death may be relentless, but so am I.
Veil of Death and Shadow is Book One in the Order of Reapers. It will end on a cliffhanger.
You can expect angst, romance, a stubborn FMC, and a chaotic post-apocalyptic world filled with equal parts danger and excitement. Mareena will end up with multiple partners - no choosing.
Tropes You Can Expect to Encounter:
- Why Choose (slow build)
Apocalyptic Urban Fantasy
Enemies to Lovers
Forbidden Romance
Forced Proximity
Slow burn romance with early spice
Found Family
Note:
This series takes place in The Protector Guild Universe, after the events in The World Undone. You do not have to read The Protector Guild before beginning Mareena's story, though you will encounter spoilers for the previous series.
And if you've read TPG, get ready for a few surprise, familiar faces ;)
Suggested Grayverse Reading Order:
The Protector Guild
1. Academy of Protectors
2. Forging the Guild
3. Dreams of Hell
4. Hell and Back
5. Abyss of Ruins
Saving the Protector (novella)
6. Fashioned by Flames
7. Dark Before Dawn
8. The World Undone
Order of Reapers:
1. Veil of Death and Shadow
Genre: Paranormal Romance