The First Gate

Maren Voss maps places that shouldn't exist. It's a family trade — and a family curse. When she inherits her grandmother's archive of impossible roads, she also inherits the debt attached to them: a bargain made in 1742 that's finally come due. Now something is moving along the old hollow roads between worlds, collecting on every promise ever made to them. Maren has until the winter solstice to find the First Gate — a door no one has opened in centuries — or the roads will collect from her the same way they collected from everyone else who tried to walk away. THE FIRST GATE is a dark fantasy adventure for readers who love intricate world-building, high-stakes magic, and the kind of cartography that requires a strong stomach.