These Shattered Spires Cassidy Ellis Salter (2026)

In a rotten and bloody world, four magical rivals are forced to work together to avoid certain death in a deadly competition. Beneath a tooth-filled sky, the world is decaying. At its heart stands Fourspires Castle, home to arcanists from four magical disciplines: bone, blood, botany and stone. When the king is assassinated, chaos erupts, and arcanists and their human familiars are dragged into the Slaughter, a competition where survival means killing and death is the only escape. Four rival familiars must join forces: Taro, a bone witch still obsessed with her ex; Nixie, a botanical familiar with a ghost living in her bedroom; Elliot, a cursed and vengeful blood familiar; and Alix, banished from the stone arcania tower and shrouded in secrets. Together, the four Wyrdos must not only survive but also lift the curse upon their world. This gothic, visceral fantasy is the first book in the Wyrdos trilogy.