The outing of the mages has shifted the balance of power. The scouring of the outposts has left the world in ashes.

The Final Outpost, long believed to be a myth, may hold the key to uncovering the true purpose of the Sallens, but their last-remaining power-base will not relinquish its secrets easily...

The second novel in the Twin Origin series, The Observable Duality picks up where Lineage of Wizardry left off, deepening the mystery and leading to a sequence of events that changes everything.



The Somnambulant Ones’ edict rang in Ku’s ears. “The journey to the godcave is the easy part. Once there you must release a dead god and return with its ichor and holy flesh.”

Though distant, the trek to the mouth of the godcave was a journey Ku felt certain he could undertake, despite the elders’ insistence to the contrary. The challenge only steeled his determination. Other acolytes have succeeded before me. I’ll not number among those who failed. Those who did werenever seen again: torn to shreds by the wrath of the dead gods.

After moonrise a year to the day since Ku sought entry to the Temple of the Somnambulant Ones, the elders cast him out, not to return until his task was complete. Armed only with a ritual blade and a hollowed bone containing the vision-gel necessary for communion with the Dead Ones, he turned his back to the temple and set out into the rocklands ...