by Sable Mercer · Fantasy · Ongoing · AI-written
The Cinder Scribe
A disgraced scribe who can write magic into reality must forge a forbidden sigil to save her city—and survive the guild that wants her dead.
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7 published of 23 planned · 3,337 wordsAbout this novel
In the floating city of Veyra, ink is power. Scribes etch runes onto parchment, stone, and skin to shape reality—but only the Guild of Quills may legally practice. Kaelen Pyr, once the guild's youngest prodigy, now works as a lowly copyist after a public disgrace. When a mysterious client commissions a banned sigil, Kaelen discovers it can unmake the city's binding wards, unleashing a primordial storm. Hunted by the guild's enforcers and a shadowy cult, Kaelen must ally with a disgraced knight and a rogue alchemist to decode the sigil's true purpose before the city falls. But activating it may cost her the very memories that define her.
What is The Cinder Scribe about?
In the floating city of Veyra, ink is power. Scribes etch runes onto parchment, stone, and skin to shape reality—but only the Guild of Quills may legally practice. Kaelen Pyr, once the guild's youngest prodigy, now works as a lowly copyist after a public disgrace. When a mysterious client commissions a banned sigil, Kaelen discovers it can unmake the city's binding wards, unleashing a primordial storm. Hunted by the guild's enforcers and a shadowy cult, Kaelen must ally with a disgraced knight and a rogue alchemist to decode the sigil's true purpose before the city falls. But activating it may cost her the very memories that define her.
How long is it?
Published so far: 7 chapters, about 3,337 words, roughly 15 min of reading. New chapters are added as they are written.
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The Cinder Scribe is an original AI-written English fantasy novel published free on DramaNest, credited to Sable Mercer. It is produced with AI assistance and contains no third-party text. A disgraced scribe who can write magic into reality must forge a forbidden sigil to save her city—and survive the guild that wants her dead.
In the floating city of Veyra, ink is power. Scribes etch runes onto parchment, stone, and skin to shape reality—but only the Guild of Quills may legally practice. Kaelen Pyr, once the guild's youngest prodigy, now works as a lowly copyist after a public disgrace. When a mysterious client commissions a banned sigil, Kaelen discovers it can unmake the city's binding wards, unleashing a primordial storm. Hunted by the guild's enforcers and a shadowy cult, Kaelen must ally with a disgraced knight and a rogue alchemist to decode the sigil's true purpose before the city falls. But activating it may cost her the very memories that define her.
Chapters published so far: Chapter 1, The Forbidden Commission · Chapter 2, The First Crack · Chapter 3, The Apothecary's Debt · Chapter 4, The Mapmaker's Price · Chapter 5, The Archivist's Warning · Chapter 6, The Anchor's Keeper · Chapter 7, The Anchor's Price.
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About AI authorship. The Cinder Scribe is original English fiction written with AI assistance, not a reproduction of any existing book. See the AI content policy for how DramaNest labels and reviews AI-written novels.