Wicked Onyx

Name: Wicked Onyx
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Debbie Cassidy
ISBN: 9798318572647

Author: Debbie Cassidy

Series: The Veritas Legacy

Narrator: Vanessa Moyen

Unabridged: 11 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/10/2026

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Fantasy, Paranormal

Synopsis

Born into a sorcerer bloodline, cursed, and cut off from my power, I was accustomed to being an outcast. For generations, my bloodline carried the weight of a crime committed by our ancestor. But my mother's death changed everything. She left a clue that could prove our innocence: an ancient text hidden deep beneath Nightsbridge Academy.

The Academy is a fortress of power, housing the most dangerous incantors and sorcerers, conscripted to keep Horrors and Echoes at bay. And as the last surviving Onyx, I'm owed admission.

My plan is simple—find the book and expose the Imperium as the liars they are.

But I didn't plan for the whispers that haunt my dreams. Or the complication of feelings I shouldn't be capable of—stirred by two men bound to the very institution I've come to destroy. One sees too much yet says too little. The other is steady, protective, and always in my corner.

I can't have either. Yet when I'm in their presence . . . my curse begins to crack. If they discover my true purpose, I'm dead. But some truths are worth dying for.

The Imperium cursed my bloodline. Stripped us of our magic. Branded us as traitors. And now they will pay.Contains mature themes.

About Debbie Cassidy

Debbie Cassidy lives in England, Bedfordshire, with her three kids and very supportive husband. Coffee and chocolate biscuits are her writing fuels of choice, and she is still working on getting that perfect tower of solitude built in her back garden. Obsessed with building new worlds and reading about them, she spends her spare time daydreaming and conversing with the characters in her head-in a totally non-psychotic way of course. She writes high fantasy, urban fantasy, and science fiction. Debbie also writes dark, diverse urban fantasy fiction, under the pen name Amos Cassidy, with her best friend, Richard Amos.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Amanda on September 28, 2025

I was very lucky to receive an ARC of this book - releasing in Feb 2026. A paranormal dark academia story about redemption, vengeance and learning who you truly are. Anamaya comes from a cursed and disgraced bloodline. Her great aunt committed an act so heinous that their entire line was cursed and t......more

Goodreads review by Val~ on February 20, 2026

Thanks to NetGalley for this free advanced reader copy of Wicked Onyx by Debbie Cassidy, to be published on February 10th, 2026. It’s a good fantasy book. However it gets too predictable when the plot is similar to other fantasy works.......more

Goodreads review by Heathers_readss on December 25, 2025

A paranormal academic book full of dark themes, unique magic system and blood curses. I’ll say dark academia is really having a moment and I am here for it! This is my first book by this author, it was an enjoyable read overall, I’d be interested in continuing the series......more

Goodreads review by Marissa.Reads on February 11, 2026

I’m such a sucker for dark academia, so when I saw Wicked Onyx it immediately intrigued me. Ana, our FMC, comes from a cursed bloodline due to the sins of her ancestor, leaving her family name disgraced and magicless. Ana decides to go train at a hunters academy, learning to kill monsters but also d......more

Goodreads review by Mo on January 11, 2026

Thank you NetGalley for this opportunity! Wicked Onyx is a paranormal, dark academia in which Ana is the last descendant of a bloodline that was cursed. She ventures to the academy that had cursed her family to discover what truly happened and to get her magic back. The world building is really inter......more