There are maps in the Thorn Court that no one remembers drawing. Some bear names still spoken throughout the realms. Others do not. And some places, it seems, were never meant to be remembered at all.

Caelen Duskryn was supposed to be the monster beyond the veil. Dangerous. Feared. The villain Elara had been warned about her entire life. There was only one problem: Caelen refused to stay the character I had planned.

There’s a version of A Crown of Thorned Fate that no one will ever read. Somewhere between the first draft and the final story, the characters got louder, Thorn Court came alive, and the world became far bigger than I ever planned. Here’s how the story changed while I was writing it.

Thorn Court has always had a will of its own. But when Elara arrives, the ancient castle begins to awaken—and it may recognize her long before she recognizes herself.

The night the sky burned, everything changed. Before the crown, before the bond, before fate began tightening its thorns, there was a night the Thorn Court would never forget. Step inside the archives and uncover a piece of Solaryn history reserved for those who dared enter the Court.