The sleep that binds A mysterious affliction is sweeping through a village in the land of Matias. Anyone who falls asleep cannot be woken. As the town teeters on the brink of mass hysteria, two young state sorcerers are sent in a final attempt to unravel the curse before sleep claims them too. The household rebellion One freezing night, Niff wakes to find his room eerily changed. His blanket is gone, the furniture has moved, and nothing is quite where it should be. As strange noises echo through the house, Niff comes to a chilling realisation: every object in his home has come alive. And they want him dead. The fractured bond Acwell and Akuji were once brothers in every sense of the word: inseparable, united, unbreakable. Years have passed since those happier days. But time and bloodshed have torn them apart. Now Acwell must hunt the man his brother has become before more innocent lives are lost. These three novellas together form the collection: Shadows Cast by Magic.