Adult dark fantasy · The making of a villain

Ingrid Valmor · The Broken Promise

Where does evil
come from?

At six, she used magic to make her mother smile. Years later, a masked woman would bring terror to the Empire. They are the same person. Between those two faces lie terrible wounds—and choices no one made for her.

«Ingrid Valmor was not born evil.»

Two completed novels · Planned release: November 1, 2026

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01 / Ingrid Valmor · Dark fantasy

One promise. Two novels. Choice after choice.

In Valdara, magic makes a field bloom. In Asteria, it promises a future. Elsewhere, it can bring terror. The gift does not choose how it is used. Its wielder does.

INGRID VALMOR — THE BROKEN PROMISE — BOOK I

BOOK I · Where it all begins

Ingrid Valmor

THE BROKEN PROMISE

Ingrid believes the promise carved above the Grand School: everyone may become a mage. She will find friendship, secrets and a rare gift. But another question haunts her story: what choices will take her from innocence to the mask?

Planned release · November 1, 2026

INGRID VALMOR — THE BETRAYAL — BOOK II

BOOK II · The story continues

Ingrid Valmor

THE BETRAYAL

Friendship can become a challenge to power. Ancient secrets can change everything one thought one knew. Ingrid faces decisions no spell can ever undo.

Planned release · November 1, 2026

02 / Read an excerpt

A city in flames. A field of flowers.

In Valdombra, a mercenary flees something terrifying. In Valdara, a child makes the earth bloom. Two beginnings worlds apart. Read the opening pages to discover what connects them.

Valdombra in flames

Valdombra · The darker side · Prologue

The Hostile Subject

«Garrik Thorne was running.»

Valdombra is burning. The mercenary Garrik Thorne races for the bridge, pursued by something he thought belonged only to legend.

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Young Ingrid running among flowers

Valdara · Before the mask · Chapter One

The Field of Flowers

«The first spell I remember had nothing dark about it.»

Long before Valdombra, in Valdara a six-year-old girl discovers that magic can change the world.

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03 / The world of the novel

“Everyone has the right to become a mage.”

Ingrid believes these words. She will learn how difficult they are to keep. But no promise—kept or broken—can make her choices for her.

Ingrid Valmor · Asteria

Three places. A future yet to be chosen.

The village where hope begins, the capital of great promises and the School of endless possibility. A glimpse into the world, without spoiling the story.

Elias Sahl

Ingrid today. Other worlds tomorrow.

Elias Sahl writes fantasy about people who can love, make mistakes and choose—even when those choices lead them into darkness. Ingrid Valmor is only the beginning.

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