Coinbound

Every coin has a cost.

When fifteen-year-old Cael returns from a simple errand with his mother, he expects to find the warm glow of the forge and the steady rhythm of his father's coinpress. Instead, he finds ash, destruction, and a body.

His father, awell-respected coinmagewhoworkedfortheenigmaticMayor of Veymere, has been murdered. The home theyhadconstructedlies in ruins. Andamong thedestructionisa silver coin unlike any other;emanatingrunes andinfusedwiththe voice andrecollectionsof the man he's just lost.

As Cael discovers the reality of the coin and the enigmatic group known as the Gilded Hollow, he uncovers that the work of his father was far from ordinary. Illegal magic. Experimental smithing. Deeper secrets than the burning of steel.

To find out the truth, Cael has to forge new coins, new friends, and a new version of himself. But the deeper he goes, the more dangerous the truth becomes. The people who killed his father are waiting. Watching. And they know that Cael, along with the coins his father forged, might just be the key to change everything.

Set in a world where magic is minted and power has a price, Coinbound is a story of legacy, rebellion, and the heavy burden of inheritance.