Expected Publication Date: Jan 29, 2026

"Silencing of the North"

by G R Matthews

Betrayal, Blood, and Winter
The Sequel to Seven Deaths of an Empire
# Fantasy
# Magic
# Grimdark
# Military
# Epic
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The North is waking to war. Gawen, heir to the clans and reluctant future king, answers the High King’s summons as the Empire marches toward their borders. Beside him rides Steverd—a legend forged in grief—while Teva, Gawen’s wife, hungers for a crown with a fire fierce enough to burn any challenger. As the Empire army marches north, young magician Ayita learns the impossible: the Emperor is dead, magic is outlawed, and every mage is being hunted. Fleeing for her life with her injured master, she runs not only from soldiers and Inquisitors, but toward a destiny she never asked for. Alliances fracture. Battles are lost. Betrayals tighten like a noose. Every choice Gawen makes costs him blood—his warriors’, his family’s, and his own. And in the snow-choked dark of winter, when all seems broken, the clans must decide: How much are they willing to sacrifice to silence the Empire forever? A sweeping, character-driven fantasy of war, magic and loyalty shattered, The Silencing of the North continues the world of Seven Deaths of an Empire with unflinching heart and relentless momentum.