The Fighting 57th cover
Book I
Shards of Light cover
Book II

Epic Science Fiction Saga

The Veiled Core Chronicles

A divine memory shapes reality. A living game consumes lives. An Oracle remembers the future before it happens.

On Caldereth, soldiers, prisoners, and ordinary people are caught inside a war that is never only war. Above them, on Cetia-243, power moves through ritual, politics, and belief, while lives below are wagered by those rich enough to mistake suffering for strategy.

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About the Saga

The Veiled Core Chronicles begins as a military science fiction story on Caldereth, then widens into imperial politics, religious upheaval, and the terrifying influence of memory itself. Across the series, war on the ground collides with the designs of the Great Families, the workings of the Board, and the impossible reach of Arath-Bar, a force whose remembered traces can distort history, belief, and reality.

Series Reading Order

Book I, The Fighting 57th The war below begins on Caldereth, where survival, faith, and power first collide.
Book II, Shards of Light The empire above begins to show its teeth as politics, belief, and the Board tighten around the story.
Before the Scale A companion story for readers who want more of Marro’s rise toward the role of Oracle.

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