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The Tethered

The Watcher, the Shield, and the Pyre

Some bonds are unbreakable.
Some will burn forever.

Paige thought she had witnessed a murder in a nightmare. Then she woke to discover it had really happened—and something in the dark knew she was watching.

YA Urban Fantasy · Supernatural Horror · Cosmic Dread

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Cover of The Tethered: The Watcher, the Shield, and the Pyre by William Travis Edwards

About the Book

A nightmare that was never hers.

Paige has always experienced vivid dreams. But when she finds herself trapped inside a classmate’s nightmare, watching helplessly as a creature of living shadow tears the life from him, the vision feels too real to dismiss.

By morning, he is dead.

Marked by the thing she witnessed and pursued through the thin space between waking and sleep, Paige must uncover why she can see what others cannot—and why the darkness is willing to tear through anyone standing between them.

With an ancient hunger drawing closer and the people she loves caught in its path, Paige discovers that some bonds can hold against the dark.

Others are destined to burn.

The Three

Three forces stand between waking and the dark.

Their names will mean something different after the nightmare begins.

The Watcher

She sees what hunts between waking and sleep.

To witness the darkness is to become visible to it.

The Shield

He has survived the dark long enough to understand its cost.

Some stand against the nightmare so others never have to see it.

The Pyre

Some light does not guide. It burns.

When the dark closes in, even hope can become a weapon.

Between Waking and the Deep

The veil is thinner than anyone knows.

Beneath ordinary streets and sleeping minds, something ancient is starving.

In the Quiet Before

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William Travis Edwards

About the Author

William Travis Edwards

William Travis Edwards writes dark young-adult fantasy where familiar places conceal impossible dangers, nightmares leave physical scars, and human connection can become both a lifeline and a weapon.

The Tethered: The Watcher, the Shield, and the Pyre is Book One in his supernatural horror series.

His work blends urban fantasy, psychological horror, and cosmic dread.

Stories where the familiar gives way to the impossible.

Book One · Coming Soon

The nightmare is coming.

The Tethered is Book One in a new YA urban fantasy horror series by William Travis Edwards.

Publication details coming soon.

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