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Lianthorn Belladonna could have been so many things. An artist, a mage, a gardener. Instead, his family sealed his future, trapping him in a life of scheming, poison, and murder. He's through with it. On the cusp of completing his poisonous masterpiece, Lianthorn makes a choice that will change everything. He flees the gilded cage of their family manor and seeks refuge in a quiet town on the outskirts of civilization, where the name Belladonna means nothing.

When Rowan and his friends are cast into a system-controlled world, they discover the kingdom of Rhys is under siege. The frontier is faltering under the recent attack of a demonic horde that corrupts all it overtakes. And what exactly is expected of this trio? They're heroes of course. Long-awaited, much-needed, very confused heroes.

What does it take to become a true hero? Rowan and his companions learned that all too quickly when they were thrown into a system-controlled world and proclaimed saviors of the realm. But then their choice of mighty weaponry was literally decided by the cards, and Rowan ended up with a simple, stupid spear to fight off an invading demon army. Hooray? However, with a bit of training, some hard work, and heaps of luck, Rowan's shown himself to be no basic fighter, earning new skills, formidable cards, and even the heart of a fair combat alchemist.

Adrian knows he should be thankful. He's got his new eyes and some decent runner training. He escaped from the insane doctor who forcibly swapped his arms for cyber-eldritch limbs, and he did it with the help of the doctor's own daughter. Now he just wants to lie low and live out the rest of his eldritch-human life in peace. But in Adrian's world, peace is not an option.

Transported to a fantastical world in desperate need of heroes, Rowan and his friends were gifted great weapons to use against the demon hordes. Well, Rowan was actually handed a pointy stick and relegated to the useless soon-to-be-dead-meat class. But he showed them all by learning fast, playing his skills and combat cards right, and turning into a legit spear-wielding hero.

Adrian was born a couple hundred years too late to witness humans ruling the stars. The days of relentless scientific advancement are long gone. Humanity's former cradle has become the birthplace of nightmares, so Adrian lives on a world far from Terra. But Adrian has a secret. His eyes are failing him, and in this age, blindness means death. When the chance arrives to earn a couple quick credits for a new pair of cybernetic eyes, he jumps on it. Only, Adrian gets more than he bargained for.

With a formerly hostile mercenary company under their control and enough resources to work with freely, Adrian and Amelia can finally pursue the one true desire they both share: freedom. The threat of Amelia's father might still hang over their heads, but they are set on eliminating it. This requires them to muddle their way back to where it all began: the city's slums, and all the different actors exerting their influence there. But, if they're expecting Adrian to be easy prey, he's set on proving to them that he can more than just protect the new life he's started with the doctor's daughter…

The Offering of Broken Things, the second audiobook in The Agency of Dust and Power series, plunges the survivors deeper into a fractured world where safety is fleeting and power comes at a cost. After the collapse of the manor sanctuary, Bip, Sam, and their found family take refuge in spaces that flicker between memory and magic. The Agency’s pursuit grows more ruthless, unveiling new technologies and ancient rituals designed to crush resistance.

The world is quieter now. Silence has settled into its rightful place. But silence has a secret, and some survivors have begun to hear what lies beneath the quiet chaos. A group of unlikely fugitives discovers that survival isn't enough. They are being hunted by an unknowable enemy—a shadow organization older than history itself—and it wants what's waking inside them.