Sometimes self-interest can be a greater force for change than heroism.

The Silent Fist of Taeliana: The Organization

The Organization is not merely a criminal network; it is a silent shadow of the Empire of Taeliana. Ruthless, immensely powerful, and utterly pervasive, its tendrils control nearly all the black markets and illicit operations that span the Empire. They are the true architects of chaos, yet their greatest achievement is ensuring that this crime remains controlled, a managed flow of vice that never spills over enough to attract too much of the attention of Imperial authorities. They are whispered to be unstoppable: no feat, no matter how audacious, is impossible for them—provided the payment is high enough.

If you need a rival silenced, an artifact procured, or a political obstacle permanently removed, the Organization can arrange it with chilling efficiency.

The Unseen Master: Imago

But when the Organization itself faces the truly impossible, they turn to Imago.

Only the Smiling Man – the enigmatic head of the Organization – knows the true identity of Imago and the clandestine method to contact the greatest thief and assassin the Empire has ever feared. To those that know the name, Imago is a myth given deadly form. No one can say for certain they have met Imago and survived to tell the tale. The tales of Imago’s origins and nature are as numerous and conflicting as the crimes that the phantom has supposedly accomplished without ever being caught.

The Impossible Contract

The Smiling Man has just received the one contract that demands Imago’s unique genius: to achieve the impossible.

Imago is called in to steal a priceless weapon of incredible power from the heavily guarded Imperial Treasury. It is a crime that has never been attempted, let alone accomplished. This single act of theft will be the catalyst, setting in motion a cascade of events that could break the Empire, shatter the power structure of the Organization itself, and no matter what will force Imago to confront deep, agonizing questions about their own identity — questions they have successfully outrun for a lifetime.

The third book in the Chronicles of Taeliana, focusing on the criminal network known as the Organization and its most enigmatic member.