The Bonded Path (The Street Rat's Advantage Book 1)

The brand on Jeb Corwan's chest isn't just a mark — it's a leash. In the city of Davenport, the Guild maintains order through a simple system: brand the poor, harvest their magic, and feed the machine that keeps the powerful comfortable. Jeb was supposed to be another nameless laborer, another battery drained until there was nothing left. But the earth doesn't answer to the Guild. When Jeb's uncontrolled magic tears through stone and steel, he becomes something the system was never designed to handle — a threat that can't be contained, controlled, or killed. Hunted by Guild enforcers and haunted by the souls trapped in the Siphon's crystalline heart, Jeb must choose between the safety of invisibility and the impossible weight of revolution. Breaking his chains means shattering the foundations of the world itself. Freedom has a price. Jeb is about to find out how high it runs. The Guild built Davenport on stolen power. Jeb is about to give it back. A dark, atmospheric fantasy about magic that refuses to be tamed — and the cost of choosing to be free.