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A new YA fantasy universe

The Braid Was
Never Just Hair.

Six lineages. Six artifacts. Six girls. One ancient power waking across the world.

BraidBound begins with Mia Thomas — the first girl whose braids respond to The Weave. But she is only the beginning.

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The Weave stirs

The Awakening
Has Begun.

For millennia, the system slept — hidden in patterns, passed through memory, mistaken for ornament.

Now, across continents, six girls are beginning to feel the same pull.

The first one has just woken up.

Six Lineages

Six Artifacts. Six Locations.

One inventor spent 18 years connecting them. Before Mia awakened, someone was already searching for the pattern.

Lagos artifact
01 · Lagos

The First Trace

A carved leather bracelet — the first trace of a lineage hidden in memory, skin, and braid.

Kyiv artifact
02 · Kyiv

The Copper Comb

A copper comb tied to a warning whispered like folklore: never cut what carries life.

Reykjavík artifact
03 · Reykjavík

Three-Strand Cord

Black, gold and red — tied to knotwork, protection, and a northern memory of braided power.

Madurai artifact
04 · Madurai

The Silver Pin

A silver hair pin carrying echoes of devotion, offering, jasmine, and transformation.

Seoul artifact
05 · Seoul

The Red Ribbon

A red ribbon tied to braid, family honor, status, and hidden inheritance.

Tula artifact
06 · Tula de Allende

The Obsidian Bead

An obsidian bead threaded through fiber — a signal buried in stone, cord, and ancestral memory.

The First

The First
To Awaken.

Mia Thomas doesn't know about the other five. She only knows that something in her braids has come alive.

After moving to Charlotte, North Carolina, she discovers a strange device inside the abandoned home of a vanished inventor. When it responds to her hair, it unlocks a force older than anything she understands.

Book 1: Origin — manuscript complete Comic Issue 1 — in final revision

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The Others

Mia Is The First. Five More Are Waking.

None of them know they are connected yet. Different countries. Different families. Different gifts. One hidden system calling them all.

Undisclosed subjectNo. 02
Reykjavík
Lineage 02 · Awaiting
Undisclosed subjectNo. 03
Kyiv
Lineage 03 · Awaiting
Undisclosed subjectNo. 04
Madurai
Lineage 04 · Awaiting
Undisclosed subjectNo. 05
Seoul
Lineage 05 · Awaiting
Undisclosed subjectNo. 06
Tula de Allende
Lineage 06 · Awaiting
The Weave

Only Living Fiber
Responds To The Weave.

A hidden system carried through living fiber, inherited memory, emotional frequency, and ancient pattern. Some call it magic. Some call it science. Others have spent years trying to control it.

Living Fiber → Device → Signal → Awakening

Mechanism 01

Hair as conductor

Not metaphor. Living fiber carries the signal.

Mechanism 02

The device

A key built by a vanished inventor.

Mechanism 03

The carrier

A girl with the matching lineage.

Mechanism 04

The threat

Someone is searching for both.

The Threat

Two Organizations
Are Tracking The Device.

Neither knows the other exists.

Both believe the device belongs to them. Both are looking for the girl who woke it.

Cold surveillance · tracking screen Classified archive · Callaway dossier
The Bigger Picture

This Is The Origin Of A Larger Universe.

BraidBound begins with Mia, but the story expands across cultures, bloodlines, artifacts, books, comics, animation, collectibles, and immersive fan experiences.

BookWhere the origin begins.
ComicIssue one, and the pages beyond.
AnimationThe universe in motion.
CollectiblesFashion, artifacts & wearable lore.
GamesImmersive fan experiences.

For readers who love the cultural fantasy of Children of Blood and Bone, the energy of Ms. Marvel, and the mystery of Stranger Things.

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