Welcome to Endallen
The fantasy world of A Cure for Monsters, a novel by Sasha Diez.
Coming winter 2026.
The continent has a name older than any people living on it.
The north smells of tar and salt. Inland, the hills grow soft, the vineyards run to the lake, and no one goes into the forest who hasn't thought about it first.
East and south, the land changes. Velhar Wastes, where storms never end. The Damaged Lands, grey and quiet, where the streams stopped running straight two hundred years ago.
This is Endallen.
Halveth
Halveth
A settlement near a lake, inland from the coast, close to the forest. It has outlasted every hard year by preparing for the next one. Magic is one useful skill among many.
The Forest
The Forest
Old growth. No trails. The canopy closes overhead. Time moves differently underneath, and talents do not always work. Not everyone comes back.
Liret
Liret
Warm light, free craftspeople, and magical creatures as neighbours rather than stories.
The Road Finds Them
Aron Halden
Carpenter's son. Burns and cuts close on their own and leave marks; he has plenty of both.
Devin
Golden hair, bare feet, no spoken language. He gives your words back to you in pieces.
Miv
Two mothers, a grandmother who picks locks on her behalf, and a gift she lost.
Lionel Veldren
Old Velorin family. Carries a mirror, ribbons for admirers, and a sword that is "for the very worst moments."
Aron has spent his life standing between his younger brother and the world. When that world follows them onto the Long Road East, standing between is no longer enough.
Book One — The North-West of Endallen
The Long Road East
Manuscript in final chapters · 2026
Join the chronicle of Endallen.
The prologue and first chapter — before anyone else.
No noise; the Damaged Lands taught us better.