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Voidwalker

Beasts of the Void #1 / 2 ✓
by S. A. MacLean
Voidwalker (Beasts of the Void #1) by S. A. MacLean
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From the author of The Phoenix Keeper comes an era-defining new fantasy universe where spicy romantasy meets the Cosmere, unmissable for fans of the world-building scale of Sarah J. Maas and the world-shifting stakes of Rebecca Yarros. Voidwalker will be your next romantasy obsession, a deliciously feral story that starts with just two words: "bite me."

Fionamara is a smuggler. Antal is the reason her people fear the dark. Fi ferries contraband between worlds, stockpiling funds and stolen magic to keep her village self-sufficient - free from the blood sacrifices humans have paid to Antal's immortal species for centuries.

Only legends whispered through the pine forests recall a time when things were different, before one world shattered into many, and the flesh-devouring beasts crept from the cracks between realities, with their sable antlers and slender tails, lethal claws and gleaming fangs. Now, mortal lives are food to pacify their carnivorous overlords, exchanged for feudal protection, and the precious silver energy that fuels everything from transport to weaponry.

When Fi gets planted with a stash of smuggled energy, a long-lost flame recruits her for a reckless heist that escalates into a terrorist bombing - and a coup against the reigning immortals, with Fi's home caught in the crossfire.

She's always known the dangers of her trade - and of the power she's wielded since childhood, allowing her to see the secret doors between dimensions, to walk the Void itself. But nothing could have prepared her for crossing paths with Antal. For the deal she'll have to make with him, a forced partnership to reclaim his city that begins as a desperate bid for survival, only to grow into something far more dangerous.

A revolution. And a temptation - for how sweet the monster's fangs might feel.

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Release date: August 19, 2025

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S. A. MacLean

S. A. MacLean

S. A. MacLean writes fantasy the way a naturalist might tell a campfire story, equal parts wonder, warmth, and quiet reverence for the wild. Her debut novel, The Phoenix Keeper, swept onto the Sunday Times bestseller list by inviting readers into a magical zoo where phoenixes blaze, griffins preen, and the smallest acts of care matter just as much as sweeping adventures. It is fantasy written with tenderness, infused with queer romance, sly humor, and a deep love for creatures both real and imagined.

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MacLean’s path to writing was anything but ordinary. Raised in Southern California, she spent her childhood concocting “mud potions” in the garden before pursuing a PhD in environmental science. Years of fieldwork, from dodging territorial seagulls to trudging through mud and watching ecosystems shift beneath her feet, shaped the way she sees the world. Those experiences now echo in her fiction, where fragile habitats and endangered species take on magical form, and where a heroine’s private struggles can feel as momentous as saving a kingdom.

Her stories are often described as cozy fantasy, yet the coziness does not come from the absence of stakes. Instead, it comes from the intimacy of those stakes: the fate of a single phoenix, the bonds of found family, the courage to hold on when the world feels too loud. With wit, empathy, and an eye for the enchanting oddities of life, MacLean creates books that feel like both a refuge and an adventure.

When she is not writing, she teaches, tends to her cats Monty and Perry, and dreams up new tales where love, laughter, and a little chaos walk hand in hand. For readers who long for fantasy that is at once gentle and fierce, her work offers a world worth stepping into.

Beasts of the Void

The Void is not empty. It is alive with ancient predators, forgotten gods, and empires that thrive on blood and betrayal. Into this shadowed expanse steps Fionamara, a smuggler who survives by slipping through cracks in law and loyalty. Her rules are simple: trust no one, keep moving, and never look too closely at the monsters that prowl the dark. But survival grows complicated when a job gone wrong binds her fate to Antal, an immortal lord with antlers like carved obsidian and a hunger that cannot be ignored.

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What begins as reluctant cooperation soon spirals into a dangerous bond, one that blurs the line between captor and ally, desire and destruction. In these books, every planet holds its own secrets, every shadow hides teeth, and alliances carry the weight of revolution. The romance is as sharp as it is tender, unfolding amid battles for power and the endless pull of the Void.

Beasts of the Void is a series that thrives on contrasts: brutality set against intimacy, cosmic wonder against the quiet ache of trust. It is space fantasy laced with monster romance, where characters carry both scars and hope, and where love itself becomes an act of defiance in a universe built on fear.


Beasts of the Void consists of two books and considered as a complete series. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

Voidwalker (Beasts of the Void #1)
Unrated
Sunsplitter (Beasts of the Void #2)
⧗ 8.00 / 1


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