Veilfall (Paperback)

John D. Jennett

ISBN 10: 197143812X / ISBN 13: 9781971438122

Verlag: John Jennett, 2026

Beschreibung

Paperback. As the boundary between worlds thins, the illusion of containment finally shatters.In Veilfall, the fourth volume of The Covenant of Silence saga, the return of magic is no longer subtle, deniable, or isolated. The Weave and the Shadow Current are no longer emerging in flashes and fractures-they are synchronizing, reshaping reality through a process known as Convergence.Maya Rodriguez and the Circle of Walkers have survived revelation, pursuit, and betrayal, but survival is no longer the measure of success. With the Codex destroyed and immortal guidance withdrawn, the group is forced to confront a far more dangerous truth: there is no prophecy left to follow, no authority capable of stopping what is coming. The world must now be navigated by human judgment alone.Through ancient journals, modern data, and reluctant revelations from fading Immortals, the Circle discovers that Convergence is not a single cataclysmic event, but a cascading process with irreversible thresholds. Each act of resistance, suppression, or control accelerates the system toward a permanent overlap between the Weave and the Shadow. Time itself becomes the governing pressure, forcing the Circle to shift from reaction to strategy.As public awareness grows, so does fear. Governments fracture between secrecy and escalation. Information warfare erupts as the Circle attempts to counter disinformation, expose Echo-hybrid atrocities, and reframe Walkers not as weapons or monsters, but as mediators in a collapsing system. The battle for perception becomes as critical as any confrontation in the Weave.The midpoint catastrophe-a Silence Storm that consumes Sedona, Arizona and spills into surrounding regions-marks the moment when control proves impossible. Entire districts lose sound, technology, and linear memory as civilians relive formative moments on endless loops. Survivors emerge changed, neither fully human nor fully Walker, evidence that proximity alone is now altering humanity.Within the Circle, philosophical fractures deepen. Some argue that sacrificing regions may be the only way to save the whole. Others refuse to accept solutions that reduce people to acceptable losses. Elara, newly aware of her connection to flame and destruction, realizes that violence itself feeds the accelerating collapse. Alex's near-fatal encounter with the Unmaking reveals the first glimpse of a new kind of balance-one that bridges creation and erasure without domination.Meanwhile, the Immortals themselves begin to fail. Long sustained by separation and delay, they are weakening as Convergence erodes the distinctions that once defined their existence. Their ancient Covenant is revealed not as an eternal solution, but as a temporary holding action-one meant to last only until successors were ready to emerge.When Merlin's long-hidden journal surfaces, recovered from a sanctum lost to history and delivered by a visionary descended from its author, the Circle gains not prophecy, but proof. The journal identifies a Prime Node, the central harmonic throat of the planet. If it collapses during Convergence, nothing can be salvaged. If it can be anchored correctly, humanity may yet survive the transition.Veilfall closes not with victory, but with alignment. The Circle succeeds in buying the world time-approximately one year-before Convergence becomes irreversible. The auroras dim. The world grows quieter. And the truth becomes unavoidable: The future cannot be prevented. It can only be shaped.Veilfall is a turning point in The Covenant of Silence, transforming the saga from revelation into responsibility, from survival into stewardship. Book V will not be about stopping change-but about enduring i Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Veilfall (Paperback)
• Verlag: John Jennett
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 197143812X
• ISBN-13: 9781971438122
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: new

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As the boundary between worlds thins, the illusion of containment finally shatters. In Veilfall, the fourth volume of The Covenant of Silence saga, the return of magic is no longer subtle, deniable, or isolated. The Weave and the Shadow Current are no longer emerging in flashes and fractures-they are synchronizing, reshaping reality through a process known as Convergence. Maya Rodriguez and the Circle of Walkers have survived revelation, pursuit, and betrayal, but survival is no longer the measure of success. With the Codex destroyed and immortal guidance withdrawn, the group is forced to confront a far more dangerous truth: there is no prophecy left to follow, no authority capable of stopping what is coming. The world must now be navigated by human judgment alone. Through ancient journals, modern data, and reluctant revelations from fading Immortals, the Circle discovers that Convergence is not a single cataclysmic event, but a cascading process with irreversible thresholds. Each act of resistance, suppression, or control accelerates the system toward a permanent overlap between the Weave and the Shadow. Time itself becomes the governing pressure, forcing the Circle to shift from reaction to strategy. As public awareness grows, so does fear. Governments fracture between secrecy and escalation. Information warfare erupts as the Circle attempts to counter disinformation, expose Echo-hybrid atrocities, and reframe Walkers not as weapons or monsters, but as mediators in a collapsing system. The battle for perception becomes as critical as any confrontation in the Weave. The midpoint catastrophe-a Silence Storm that consumes Sedona, Arizona and spills into surrounding regions-marks the moment when control proves impossible. Entire districts lose sound, technology, and linear memory as civilians relive formative moments on endless loops. Survivors emerge changed, neither fully human nor fully Walker, evidence that proximity alone is now altering humanity. Within the Circle, philosophical fractures deepen. Some argue that sacrificing regions may be the only way to save the whole. Others refuse to accept solutions that reduce people to acceptable losses. Elara, newly aware of her connection to flame and destruction, realizes that violence itself feeds the accelerating collapse. Alex's near-fatal encounter with the Unmaking reveals the first glimpse of a new kind of balance-one that bridges creation and erasure without domination. Meanwhile, the Immortals themselves begin to fail. Long sustained by separation and delay, they are weakening as Convergence erodes the distinctions that once defined their existence. Their ancient Covenant is revealed not as an eternal solution, but as a temporary holding action-one meant to last only until successors were ready to emerge. When Merlin's long-hidden journal surfaces, recovered from a sanctum lost to history and delivered by a visionary descended from its author, the Circle gains not prophecy, but proof. The journal identifies a Prime Node, the central harmonic throat of the planet. If it collapses during Convergence, nothing can be salvaged. If it can be anchored correctly, humanity may yet survive the transition. Veilfall closes not with victory, but with alignment. The Circle succeeds in buying the world time-approximately one year-before Convergence becomes irreversible. The auroras dim. The world grows quieter. And the truth becomes unavoidable: The future cannot be prevented. It can only be shaped. Veilfall is a turning point in The Covenant of Silence, transforming the saga from revelation into responsibility, from survival into stewardship. Book V will not be about stopping change-but about enduring it without losing what makes humanity human.