The Mirror Crown

The Mirror Crown doesn't just reveal the truth. It makes the truth wear your face.
Framed ward-mage Kael escaped the gallows by binding a forbidden sentient relic. Now, hunted across the ashlands, he's marked PRIME by an ancient Engine that feeds on vows and fear.
When a Crown courier is murdered-and every witness swears Kael did it-Kael discovers something worse than a manhunt: a double moving ahead of him, laying tracks in his name. The only way to stop it is to claim the next anchor in the chain: the Mirror Crown, hidden beneath a chapel-city where light lies, echoes arrive late, and reflections don't always belong to you.
But the Crown demands a price.
Every use leaves an afterimage... and afterimages can be taken.
If Kael takes the Crown, he may save his friends-or hand the world a version of himself that never hesitates.
Perfect for readers who love: relic-hunt fantasy, dark magic bargains, heists and chases, morally gray heroes, and "who can you trust?" paranoia.
Read in order:
Book 1: The Oathbound Relic
Book 2: Vault of Ash
Book 3: The Mirror Crown