Imprints of the RealmBook I
The Fourth Field
- No. 1 Epic Fantasy
- No. 1 Myths & Legends
- No. 1 Literary Fiction
A saga years in the writing.
Book I begins now.
English edition out November 24, 2026 · Preorder the eBook
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About the book
In Varin, words are reality.
Every Edict – a law sealed by Crown, Guilds, and Coffer – can build roads, steer markets, strengthen armies. But the power of the seals is breaking: Fractures tear through the city, stairways forget their weight, voices echo without mouths.
When a forbidden Free Edict destroys a harbor district, the young scribe Arin finds himself caught between intrigue and rebellion. Queen Maev fights for every word that might preserve order, while guilds and merchants play their own games. Yet between the official seals appears a grey imprint – flawless, uncanny, a sign of an invisible power that has already reached far beyond Varin’s borders.
Arin’s discovery will change the Realm. For somewhere beyond the coasts, someone is drawing lines no one ever signed – and the goal is a new order of the world.
The Fourth Field is the first book of Imprints of the Realm and opens The Cycle of Script: epic fantasy in which written law is magic, and every signature has a price. With a map of Varin and a list of characters.
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About Marin T. Kael
Marin T. Kael grew up with stories larger than any city wall. Early on, he discovered the fascination with worlds where power, fate, and secrets contend. Drawn to epic fantasy, strategic thinking, and the search for order in chaos, he creates stories of depth and atmosphere.
When not writing, Marin T. Kael works in the management of an international corporation – and therefore knows the power of structures and decisions firsthand. "The Fourth Field" is his debut novel and the first book of the saga "Imprints of the Realm". The English edition comes out on November 24, 2026, as eBook, paperback, and hardcover. The German original, "Das vierte Feld", was published on October 8, 2026.
Alongside writing, he runs an open field laboratory on how language models and AI search systems read, understand, and cite an author – a subsidiary research programme to the saga. Methodology and raw data are public.
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