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The Glass Faculty by Sylvia Von Hapsburg
The Alchemy of the Neckar Trilogy

The
Glass Faculty

Sylvia Von Hapsburg

In the storm-ravaged Shardwake Archipelago, floating islands drift above an abyss of intelligent hunger. Where holy law governs through ledgers of names, and mercy is a weapon wielded by those who control your identity. A forced bond. An oathmark burned into skin. And a love that defies every law written to contain it.

Storm corridors that devour. Names that bind. A bond forged in sky-iron that cannot be broken — only chosen.

The Trilogy

Three books. One world. A bond that rewrites the laws of power.

The Glass Faculty

Book One

The Glass Faculty

An oathmark burns into her wrist, binding her life to a man the holy law calls enemy. In a world of storm corridors and floating islands, she must navigate forced bonds, dangerous politics, and a power within her that could shatter everything — including the glass walls of the Faculty itself.

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War of Names

Book Two

War of Names

Names are weapons. Ledgers are leashes. As resonance hunters track through clean air and identity becomes currency, the bond that saved her now marks them both for destruction. The war isn't fought with swords — it's fought with the power to erase who you are.

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Hallow Crown

Book Three

Hallow Crown

The Hollow Tempest awakens. The crown is hollow, and so is the mercy of those who forged it. In the final confrontation between sacred authority and storm hunger, devotion must be hardened into power — or everything the Shardwake Archipelago was built upon will fall into the abyss.

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The Shardwake Archipelago

Enter a world where islands float above oblivion and survival demands more than strength.

Storm Corridors

Passages of raw elemental fury connecting the floating islands. Only the brave or the desperate traverse them. The Hollow Tempest — an intelligent hunger — lurks within, consuming everything it touches.

Holy Law

A system of divine control enforced through ledgers of names. Your identity is your chain. The law promises mercy, but mercy is the cruelest weapon of all — wielded by those who decide whether your name remains in the book.

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The Oathmark

A life-linked bond burned into skin with sky-iron. It cannot be severed. Two lives, one fate. It was designed as a leash. But what happens when the bond becomes something neither holy law nor the Tempest can control?

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Floating Islands

Fragments of a shattered continent suspended above the abyss. Each island is a kingdom unto itself, connected by storm corridors and governed by ancient pacts with forces that predate human memory.

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Resonance Hunters

They track through clean air, hunting by the vibrations your very existence leaves behind. There is no hiding from a resonance hunter — only running, or becoming something they cannot read.

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The Hallow Crown

A symbol of authority both sacred and hollow. The crown promises sovereignty but demands everything in return. Those who wear it must confront the truth: power is only real when it is freely given.

For Readers Who Love

Forced Proximity & Bond Romance

Life-linked bonds, enemies to lovers, consent and trust built under impossible pressure.

Epic Dark Fantasy Worldbuilding

Floating islands, storm magic, political intrigue, and a world that feels vast and lived-in.

Fourth Wing & Throne of Glass

If you love Rebecca Yarros, Sarah J. Maas, and Callie Hart, this series was written for you.

Gothic Atmosphere & Tension

Storm-dark settings, dangerous devotion, sacred rebellion, and love as a deliberate act of defiance.

Begin the Journey

The Glass Faculty is available now. Enter the Shardwake Archipelago and discover a world where storms have teeth and love is the most dangerous rebellion of all.

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