The Center is Where You Stand

The dragon Maren Venn raised in secret is ready for the mountain. The mountain appears to have been waiting for both of them.

As summer turns to autumn, Kai needs more room than the Waykeep can provide. A hidden place above the inn offers open sky—and the first clues to an ancient mystery the mountain has kept buried.

While the Waykeep community follows forgotten paths and pieces together the past, Guild investigators are following clues of their own. Both are closing in on answers, and the choices Maren and her friends have made to protect their home are beginning to carry consequences.

Maren knows where she belongs. Now she must learn how far her responsibility extends—and whether they can protect what they have come to hold dear.

Warm, wry, and low-stakes, The Center Is Where You Stand is a cozy fantasy about dragons, ancient magic, found family, and the choices that shape a home. Nobody has to save the world. Protecting one small corner of it is more than enough.

Come back to the Waykeep. Supper is nearly ready.