The Sunken Spire

Nobody has come out of the Forbidden Depths in forty years. Nathan Cross has a key. Three weeks ago, Nathan was a debt-bound mule. Now he's free, Tier-2, and carrying two soul-socketed cards that are always in his hand. Then a masked woman from the Obsidian Vanguard hands him a black key to the Sunken Spire: a drowned tower with a rift that opens once a year, at midnight, for eight hours. Inside, the pressure crushes your soul. Fire burns at half strength. Every candidate is scored by something very old that watches everything and writes it all down. And Nathan isn't alone. The big shield who once tried to kill him has signed a contract to bring back the Spire's heart to save the woman he loves. The man who left Nathan to die is chasing a rumor that could free his daughter's soul. And the debt collector with the chrome eye just came through the door on a stolen key. Only one of them can carry the heart out. Inside you'll find: A deadly trial dungeon where adapting matters more than raw power Pressure zones, drowned kings, a library of living memory, and a forge older than the city Rivals forced into a party, and a bond built from people who've each tried to kill each other A Tier-3 class evolution and a time guardian you can't beat by fighting The first secret of the Nine Doors Book Two of Soulforged Deck. Start with Book One, Soulforged Deck.