By Narcisse Navarre and Marzio Ombra
The Unseen Hand
Epic Fantasy • Romantasy
Reyza’s most notorious thief has broken into the wrong bedroom.
Jarle Jadien came to the Ensther estate for the heist of his life. He found Avaren Ensther — heir to a doomed dynasty, betrothed to a king she has never met, and the only thing in the room more dangerous than the assassin who is also there to kill her.
Jarle does not save her. She does not need saving.
When the night ends in blood, it is Avaren who carries Jarle out of the burning house. It is Avaren who decides he is worth keeping alive. It is Avaren who takes him down, beneath the harbor, into a cavern the sea has been hiding for a thousand years — and it is Avaren who almost kills him there, in a body she has spent her whole life hiding.
He should run.
He cannot stop dreaming of her teeth.
Above them, a faceless puppet-master called the Hand of Fate is closing a trap decades in the making. The moons of Laremlis are sliding into an alignment not seen in living memory. When they answer each other, the tides will rise, and Reyza will drown. Into that flooding city, into the chaos and the rising water and the long night of the moons, Jarle will walk willingly to expose the conspiracy that wants them both dead.
The thief who came for jewels will leave with a crown’s worth of blood on his hands, and a woman he was never meant to keep.
The Unseen Hand — Book One of the Illumidar Series. A slow-burn romantasy of doomed dynasties, sea-deep secrets, and the kind of love that begins with a man on his knees in front of something he should have run from.
Author
Narcisse Navarre
Narcisse Navarre was born in Havana, Cuba in 1975. She grew up surrounded by nature in a world nearly devoid of media. Prompted by her father’s nightly tales of the Greek Gods, folklore, and magic, Narcisse’s imagination blossomed into an extraordinary force in her life. In 1984 she emigrated to the United States where she realized her dream of becoming an artist, and author. Narcisse is an avid world traveler and adventure seeker who incorporates her experiences into her work. She lives in an enchanted castle in upstate New York with her husband and cat.
Author
Marzio Ombra
Marzio Ombra was born and raised in Northern California. During his senior year of high school, he moved to New Jersey, where he currently resides with his son and a hellcat. An off-and-on-again writer for most of his life, it was his best friend, Narcisse Navarre, who prompted him to take writing seriously. The Unseen Hand is Marzio’s first novel (but not his last). Beyond writing, he is a lifelong D&D devotee and an imaginative Dungeon Master. In his spare time, he can be found gardening, hiking, or gaming, and is always ready to share a glass of whiskey.
First Edition, Limited to 1,000 copies
The Unseen Hand Hardcover
The Unseen Hand: Illumidar Book I is bound in black cloth with gilt titles on the spine and a full color embossed dust jacket. The book has been designed by Narcisse Navarre and illustrated by fantasy artist Agata Fiszer. The first edition is limited to 1,000 hand numbered copies.
Praise for The Unseen Hand
“Your introductory chapter/author’s note is so well written and all the work you have done is incredibly professional, starting from the cover photo to the illustrators you hired. At the same time you summarized the main plot points real well.”
– Wattpad Comment by Evelyn Hail
“This a really wonderful start to what I envision will be a truly magical read. Your descriptions are beautiful and eloquently put together, helping to build a clear picture of the world in which the story takes place. It’s refreshing to find another book where so much forethought has been put in to the world building, allowing the scene to be thoroughly set before the actors take to the stage. The map is stunning and I am also completely in awe of the charts, all very inspiring!”
–Wattpad Comment by Ellena Scott
“Delightful. I love how you’ve brought your characters to life with a feathered cap here, a quirk of an eyebrow there. Very nice start. I’m looking forward to more.
– Wattpad comment by JWCMaher
“Beautiful vocabulary! I’m always rapt by how you weave your sentences and paragraphs. I like Avaren a lot. I’m glad to have found a story where characters don’t seem to fit into any kind of pre-existing cliché. They’re just themselves.”
–Wattpad Comment by VenomousKitsune
“I love how you take time away from what I perceive to be the primary POV’s (Jars and Avaren) and explore the inner workings of the sociopolitical structure in Reyza, it is an utterly fascinating culture you two have created. Bravo!
– Wattpad comment by Shannon Tolhurst
“If you guys roleplay like you write, it would be some epic rpg’ing! Great writing and very engaging. I thought you handled the interaction and innuendo between Jarle and Marcella brilliantly.”
– Wattpad Comment by Kelly J. Burke
“This is fantastic! I was only going to read one chapter and now I have read three. Just great.”
–Wattpad Comment by Leed21
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