Three books. One empire
The Order of the Seam is an adult dark fantasy trilogy by Allison Locke. It follows two people who start on opposite sides of the law, in an empire built on forged identities and inherited debt.
At its centre are Morigan Weiss, a forger with very good reasons to distrust the Crown, and Matthew Thale, the prosecutor who has spent nine years building the case that could hang her.
Their story begins with a break-in.
Across three books, private crimes become public reckonings and the machinery holding the empire together starts to show its seams.
Read it for an enemies-to-lovers slow burn, forced proximity, political intrigue, a rule-bound magic system and consequences that do not disappear at the end of a chapter.
A Stitch of Bone and Silk
A forger and the prosecutor building a case against her, bound by a seven-foot tether neither of them asked for. Book One opens with a heist and ends somewhere far more dangerous than a courtroom.
Out 1 December 2026
A Ledger of Ash and Iron
Morigan got what she stole. She has not yet paid for it. In Book Two, the fallout reaches far beyond two people, and the ledger starts collecting what it is owed.
Coming 12 January 2027
A Census of Salt and Song
Some debts can be paid. Some systems have to be broken. Book Three brings the trilogy’s bargains and betrayals to their reckoning.
Coming spring 2027
Start with book one, A Stitch of Bone and Silk, out 1 December.
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