博客來Stonebound Contracts: Book Two - The Precedent Contract
In the Free City of Greyhawk, cruelty rarely announces itself. It files paperwork.
Dorn Halvek has spent his life protecting those the city would rather process than save. At Stonehouse, an orphanage bound by civic contract, he believed presence mattered-that standing witness could slow the quiet machinery of law.
He was wrong.
When Stonehouse is declared a model of success, the city does not reward it. It replicates it. Placements labeled voluntary become unavoidable. Cooperation becomes mandatory. Progress becomes proof that harm is working as intended.
As inspections tighten and language sharpens, Dorn and the orphanage’s headmaster, Alric Veyne, are forced into an impossible choice: comply and erase the evidence of damage, or refuse and become the reason the city takes more.
What begins as a review becomes a precedent. What happens at Stonehouse will not stay there.
The Precedent Contract is a slow-burning, character-driven fantasy about institutional power, moral restraint, and the cost of telling the truth in a system designed to survive it. Inspired by classic Greyhawk sensibilities and tabletop realism, this novel replaces battlefield spectacle with legal traps, social pressure, and the terrifying efficiency of a city that believes it is being kind.
This is not a story about overthrowing a system.
It is about what survives when the system learns.
Perfect for readers who enjoy:
Prestige fantasy with moral weight
D&D-inspired worlds that feel governed and lived-in
Character-driven stories where choices matter more than victories
Political and institutional tension over brute-force conflict
Stonebound Contracts: The Precedent Contract is Book Two in the Stonebound Contracts series and continues a story where language is law-and refusal has a price.
