In the neon-drenched city of Duskwire, where magic hums beneath the streets and technology casts long shadows, the impossible is just another night’s work for Malik Rune and Mira Devereaux.

Malik is an Echoborn—a man trapped in a cycle of death and rebirth, each return stripping away pieces of his memory. With centuries of forgotten lives behind him, only Mira, his sharp-witted assistant and lover, anchors him to the present. Together, they run an underground detective agency specializing in the paranormal cases the city’s overstretched police force won’t touch.

When a high-profile murder leaves a corporate mage ripped apart from the inside, the Duskwire Police call on Malik and Mira to investigate. But the deeper they dig, the stranger the clues become—phantom echoes, forbidden magic, and a shadowy force that seems to know Malik’s forgotten past.

As the bodies pile up and Malik’s resurrections grow more unstable, he and Mira must race against time to unravel the mystery. But in Duskwire, the dead never stay buried—and some secrets refuse to die.

In Duskwire, the line between truth and deception is razor-thin—and when the city’s elite go missing, that line blurs even more.

When Kara Throrn, a brilliant technomancer with ties to the city’s most powerful corporations, vanishes without a trace, Malik Rune and Mira Devereaux are pulled into a case where nothing is what it seems. With her disappearance sending shockwaves through Duskwire’s underground, the stakes grow deadlier by the hour.

But this isn’t a simple abduction. Someone—or something—has been hijacking minds through a fusion of dark magic and black-market technology. As Malik and Mira untangle a web of corporate espionage and magical corruption, they discover that Kara may be the key to unlocking a dangerous new power.

For Malik, every step closer to the truth means brushing against echoes of his lost memories, and the deeper they go, the more unstable his immortality becomes. And with time running out, one question haunts them both—if they don’t find Kara soon, will there even be a body left to save?

In Wires and Lies, the clock is ticking, and in Duskwire, some secrets are worth killing for.