Sigilbound: The Clockwork Detective

In a city where time is currency, someone is stealing hours—and lives.



Arlo Mercer was a top investigator until one unsolved case burned his life to ash. Now, haunted and half-mad, he’s dragged back into Aeternum’s underbelly after a murder victim turns up with a ticking sigil carved into his chest.



When Arlo touches the sigil, something ancient wakes inside him. A deck of living, magical glyphs that let him bend time, extract memories, and solve crimes no one else can. But every sigil he unlocks takes something in return—his sanity, his past, his soul.



As he descends into a world of dream cults, rogue magicians, and time-eating gods, Arlo must solve a mystery that began before he was born…



And if the clock strikes midnight, the city dies.