Six years ago, Rook washed up on the shore of Bay Frosch from a poison ocean, with no memories, no name, and no identity. Now, he works for the Elessan military as a thaumatist – a powerful mage enforcing the government’s law. But Rook’s looking for something else too; leads on his identity and the truth behind who he is, and when he picks up Csindra Djaneki, a sulky mercenary with Bloodwork abilities, she might be the key to the truth – or the beginning of something else entirely.
Meanwhile, the son of one of the highest members of government has gone missing, and uncontrolled wild magic stalks the streets – whether as a force of nature gone wrong, though, or a killer with a mind of its own, it’s not clear…yet.
Reference Pages:
Bell, Clock and Candle (Full Series Page)
Trigger warnings for The Nowhere Bird include drowning, self-harm/cutting, attempted suicide and suicidal ideation, drug use, structural homophobia and transphobia, fascist dictatorships, structural and endemic racism/anti-indigeneity, anti-sex worker sentiment, pedophilia and pedophilic trafficking, genocide and body horror. None of these entail endorsement and are far more likely to be condemnation or consideration.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PROLOGUE: The Shore (August 15th)
ONE: First Cut (August 30th)
PATREON: BCAC Conlangs #1 – Dani’it and Kanet’valan
TWO: Sliver Moon (September 15th)
THREE: Diffraction Lens (September 30th)
PATREON: The Nowhere Bird – Deleted Scene #1
FOUR: Overtures and Scherzos (October 15th)
PATREON: The Nowhere Bird – Deleted Scenes #2
FIVE: Steady Drip (October 30th)
PATREON: The Nowhere Bird – Deleted Scene #3
SIX: Lessons in Refraction (November 15th)
PATREON: The Nowhere Bird – Deleted Scene #4
SEVEN: Scar Tissue (November 30th)
PATREON: BCAC Conlangs #2 – The Shuyeda Language
EIGHT: Thistle and Vervain (December 15th)
PATREON: BCAC Conlangs #3 – Kanet’valan Translation
NINE: Eye for an Eye (December 30th)
PATREON: BCAC Conlangs #4 – Kanet’valan Translation 2
TEN: Ancient Tales (January 15th)
ELEVEN: Endless Waters (January 30th)
TWELVE: Safeguards Against Chaos (February 15th)
THIRTEEN: Jasper Crescent (February 28th)
FOURTEEN: Low Tide (March 15th)
FIFTEEN: Porcelain and Steel (March 30th)
SIXTEEN: Aeolian Twilight (April 15th)
SEVENTEEN: Silvered Back (April 30th)
EIGHTEEN: Nightshade Pupils (May 15th)
NINETEEN: Fox and Wolf (May 30th)
TWENTY: Lunar Shadows (June 15th)
TWENTY-ONE: Malachite Rising (June 30th)
TWENTY-TWO: A Note of Concern (July 15th)
TWENTY-THREE: The Quiet Oak (July 30th)
TWENTY-FOUR: Melting Point (August 15th)
TWENTY-FIVE: Poppy and Peridot (August 30th)
TWENTY-SIX: Penumbral Whispers (September 15th)
TWENTY-SEVEN: Wolfsbane Burning (September 30th)
TWENTY-EIGHT: Cypress Bridge (October 15th)
TWENTY-NINE: Solar Flare (October 30th)
THIRTY: Half-Moon Bleeding (November 15th)
THIRTY-ONE: Acelerantor, Scordatura (November 30th)
THIRTY-TWO: Achromatic Warnings (December 15th)
THIRTY-THREE: Drowning Songbird (January 1st)
THIRTY-FOUR: Smoky Amaryllis (January 15th)
THIRTY-FIVE: Gilded Scars (Feb 1st)
THIRTY-SIX: Rose Quartz Duet (Feb 15th)
THIRTY-SEVEN: Gibbous Candlewick (March 1st)
THIRTY-EIGHT: Opened Veins (March 15th)
THIRTY-NINE: Blood Moon (April 1st)
FORTY: Fermata (April 15th)
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