The Masks We Wear

The Masks We Wear is a dark contemporary fantasy novel about loyalty, identity, violence, and the hidden systems that hold broken cities together.

When Wolf and Rosa arrive in Raskograd, Bulgaria, they appear to be little more than two mysterious new college students from England. But they carry the weight of Lunagon Vale with them, a city beyond ordinary maps, bound by oath, memory, ritual, and a vast underground network known as the Legion of Lunagon.

Forced away from home after political chaos and corruption tear through Lunagon Vale, Wolf and Rosa try to build a new life among students who know nothing of the world they come from. Yet Raskograd is not the quiet refuge it first appears to be. Beneath its college halls, old churches, diners, nightclubs, police stations, and hidden tunnels lies a city controlled by crime, fear, and the shadow of the Ashen Vale.

As Wolf draws new allies into his orbit Kate, George, Nick, Magda, Dimitar, Zak, Enrique, Adriana, Esteban, Moramir, and others the line between friendship and allegiance begins to blur. Some are searching for purpose. Some are running from pain. Some are trying to escape the people they used to be. All of them are forced to decide what mask they wear when the world demands a choice.

Blending urban fantasy, crime drama, mythic symbolism, secret societies, and coming-of-age tension, The Masks We Wear explores what it means to belong to something larger than yourself and what it costs to protect it.

At its heart, this is a story about found family, moral ambiguity, hidden power, and the belief that even in a corrupt world, people can still choose loyalty, courage, and each other.

The Lunagon will guide you.