Ink Shattered Reality - The Great House Chronicles, #1

Gothic allure and magical realism weave a compelling tapestry - Ink Shattered Reality. It is avant-garde, provocative, and brimming with suspense. A seemingly straightforward storytelling technique serves as a stark contrast to the novel's complex and thought-provoking plot.  Seven DuBois family members, all descendants of Horace DuBois, reside in The Great House, the isolated chateau in the center of the Isle of the Wood.
They lived isolated lives fueled by illusion, secrets, and mind-bending fog. Their sense of reality is upturned, and their illusion of isolation is shattered. To further complicate their internal mayhem, a visitor arrives-a mysterious calling card flutters into their lives, sparking chaos that further fractures their perceived reality. Phenomena occur. Meet the family at the Great House. There are three elder cousins: Lollie, the eccentric one; Babette, whose captivating presence betrays her Siren blood; and Thurston, 'the silent.' Then there are the two healer ladies, Giselle and Ellie, the ever-observant studious ones, their inherited roles as healer ladies a testament to the surreal DuBois household.
There are also the two siblings who reside in the Kitchen Cottage annex of the Great House - Carmen, the lively young DuBois, who inherited the Keeper of the Kitchen position - her curiosity as vibrant as the vegetables she converses with. Her younger brother Joseph, who inherited the Master of the Gardens position, with his teasing humor and trustworthiness as solid as the island's bedrock. And then came the family members from the world beyond the Isle.
Guy: The young man at the heart of the intrigue, his intentions pure, but his path as enigmatic as a masked ball. He carries a journal entry that spirals their world further into an intricate maze of emerging truths and questioned illusions. Dimitri: Guy's uncle. The distant observer. The sea captain is as alluring and mysterious as the journeys they will all take within themselves, on, and even far beyond their island as the series progresses.'Ink Shattered Reality' is not merely a tale; it's the start of an epic journey that carefully sets the stage for the series of books in this saga, which dismantles illusions and unravels intricate secrets.
A shocking and disturbing family history will be revealed. The book challenges the characters' understanding of their world and invites the reader to navigate the complex labyrinth of reality, both outward and within.