The Memories of Merrick
These are the forty‑three missing days that rewrite the meaning of everything you thought you knew.
Set during the 43 unaccounted days at the heart of The Sins of Silas, this pivotal installment returns to the Valley of Awakening, a realm that reveals not only truth, but desire.
Trapped in isolation and uncertainty, Merrick and Erabella are forced to rely on each other to survive. What begins as cautious cooperation soon unravels into something more profound: a forbidden tension born from proximity and the unspoken ache of everything they’ve lost. As the days go on, cracks form in the armor they’ve both worn too long, and with every trial, the carefully drawn lines between them begin to blur.
Through traumatic flashbacks, fragments of their pasts begin to surface. As truths are revealed and walls crumble, the bond between them grows–not just physical, but soul-deep.
And when the final page brings us back to the moment of betrayal, now seen through Erabella’s eyes, everything makes sense. Because love and survival rarely walk the same path, and sometimes, choosing one means damning the other.
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Kylie Snow
Kylie Snow writes where romance and ruin meet, where magic is forbidden yet impossible to resist, and where love is as dangerous as it is intoxicating. An emerging voice in dark romantasy, she has quickly gained attention for The Otacian Chronicles, a sweeping series that entwines fantasy world-building with the raw intensity of forbidden desire.
Snow’s storytelling was sparked long before her debut hit the shelves. Growing up in Illinois, she was the kind of reader who sought out shadows in fairy tales and found inspiration in the haunting atmosphere of horror-themed video games. By the time she was ten, she knew she wanted to create worlds of her own, worlds filled with flawed characters, fractured loyalties, and the kind of romance that burns brighter because of the darkness around it.
The Otacian Chronicles
In the kingdom of Otacia, magic is a crime, love is a liability, and every choice carries a price that can shatter more than one life. This is a world divided by fear and prejudice, where mages live hunted in the shadows and those born to power rule from behind guarded walls.
At the center of the story stands Lena Daelyra, a young woman who has spent her life concealing the truth of what she is. Her secrets keep her alive, yet they also draw her into a web of betrayals, alliances, and forbidden desires that threaten to consume her. Torn between her growing connection with a prince who has lived too long in the safety of stone walls and a trainer who forces her to confront her strength, Lena learns that survival is not enough—she must decide what, and who, is worth fighting for.
The Otacian Chronicles consists of two primary books, and includes one additional book that complement the series but is not considered mandatory reads and series is set to expand with the upcoming release of one more book. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
