Effigest

This is an Apple Books audiobook narrated by a digital voice based on a human narrator.

The price of power is unforgiving. And for Blaise Hawthorne, it's a debt paid in chains.

Captured by the Salt-Iron Confederation, Blaise is locked in their most secure prison—his magic bound, his freedom stolen. The Confederation wants to twist his power into their weapon, and Blaise has nothing left but defiance.

Then comes an unexpected chance at escape: a charming, silver-tongued politician with too many secrets—a man Blaise once knew by another name. Trusting him could win Blaise his freedom…or break his heart along with it.

But every step toward salvation pulls Blaise deeper into a web of politics, power, and longing, where desire tangles with betrayal and nothing is as it seems. To protect the people he loves Blaise must decide just how far he's willing to go…and who he's willing to become.

Effigest is Book Two in Tales of the Outlaw Mages, a queer fantasy western series by Amy Campbell.