The Ledger Trilogy

THE VERSION THEY KEEP

Reputation is a spell. History is a remix. And the truth is the only song they can't silence.

Rowan Hale has spent her life ghostwriting words for others to take credit for. In a world that values "authentic talent" over the messy truth, she has learned that silence is the only way to stay safe.

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Until the letter arrives.

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It doesn’t come by post. It arrives vibrating with a hum that rattles her teeth—a single, perfect note from a place that shouldn't exist: Lyric Academy.

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Rowan is admitted under a provisional scholarship to a world where sound is magic and music alters reality. She thinks she has finally found her stage. But Lyric is no sanctuary. It is a ruthless arena where the elite compete for the power to draft the future—and edit the past.

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Among them is Alistair, the reluctant heir to the Crown. Powerful, protected, and watched by handlers who control his every move, he guards the institution's darkest secrets.

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But when Rowan finds her family name erased from the school’s archives—scratched out of brass and replaced with a warning in chalk—she realizes her scholarship isn't a gift. It's a trap.

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Something dangerous is humming beneath the floorboards. A "Silence Beast" that feeds on the stories no one wants to hear. If Rowan dares to speak the truth about her family, she won’t just be expelled.

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She will be edited out of existence.