T. Pedersen · The Unbroken, a literary fantasy series
Connection is the thing power is made of.
So when war comes, it is not only armies that pay. It is the person holding the company together, the clerk with no line on the form, the worker who still has to get the cart across.
Book One · Recommended starting point
What these books are
Warmth is real here. So is what it costs.
Demanding, human-scale fantasy. Connection is literally power: what people give one another, and what they withhold, is what makes anything possible.
The war lands on clerks, carers, ferrymen and workers with tool rolls. Kindness persists. It never cancels the cost.
Available now · Paperback & eBook
Three books. Start with any. Ideally the first.
Book One
One Honest Yes
Four people become a company. Told by the one who held them together.
Book Two
A Number Nobody Asked For
An account of the things no form had a line for.
Book Three
The Ground Beneath Both
The work remains correct. What carries it does not remain unchanged.
Book Four · Manuscript complete · Not yet published
Where the Weight Goes exists as a complete manuscript. It has not been published and no release date has been announced. The image is a cover study, not final print art. Read the note
Artwork from One Honest Yes
Also at the desk
The world
A spoiler-safe way in
Places, maps and an archive that only shows what you have already read.
Free interactive story
Nobody Crosses Alone
A crossing, a small light, and people who need different things. Choose your way through a complete short story. No knowledge of the books needed.
In development
Other worlds
Four working titles beyond The Unbroken. No dates, no promises.
Made with substantive AI collaboration, under human direction. How the work is made