A Universe by Britany Raine

Welcome to Sanction

The Convergence tore reality open. Heaven, Hell, and dimensions unknown collided with Earth. Cities burned. Oceans boiled. And from the ashes of San Jose, a new city rose — lawless, dangerous, and alive.

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The World

After the Convergence

It began in the Spring of 2019 — cracks in reality, rifts shimmering like wounds in the sky above Seattle. By Winter, Melbourne burned. Over two years the Convergence escalated from trickle to cataclysm as Heaven, Hell, and dimensions unknown merged with Earth, unleashing a collision that reshaped everything.

The rifts closed in 2022. The world — if it could still be called that — was left to gather the pieces. Treaties were signed between humanity, Hellkin, and beings that defied classification. From the ruins of San Jose, Sanction rose — an independent free port perched on the edge of the abyss. A city where syndicates rule districts, morality is a luxury, and alliances shift like shadows.

But the Convergence was never the end. It was a beginning. And the forces that move behind reality — a cosmic game played on a Board by powers older than memory — are far from finished.

Reading Order

The Sanction Timeline (So Far)

Stories spanning over two decades — from the wars before the world broke, to the streets of the city that rose from its ashes. Each piece stands alone. Together, they build a universe.

The Last Clean Ops
2010 – 2011 · Pre-Convergence
  • 2010 Old Man, New War Short Story
  • 2010 What Was Never Found Short Story
  • 2010 The Drink of Water Short Story
  • 2010 Unfamiliar Uniform Short Story
  • 2010 The Sanctity of Almost Short Story
  • 2011 Left on Read Short Story
  • 2011 The April Fool Short Story
The Shadow Wars
2013 – 2016 · Pre-Convergence
  • 2013 Question Three Short Story
  • 2015 To Speak With Shadows Short Story
  • 2016 A Matter of Degrees Short Story
The Convergence & After
2019 – 2027
  • 2021 Ashes and Angels Short Story
  • 2027 A Debt in Wires Novelette
Sanction Rising
2028 – 2031
  • 2028 Rain and Ruin Novelette
  • 2029 Hollowpoints Novelette
  • 2030 Blood in the Bath Novelette
  • 2031 Shadows Above Sanction Novel
Stories & Novelettes

Tales from the Verse

Novelette · Published

Rain and Ruin

Some storms come for the city. Others come for you.
November 2028 · Ash Britain
Novelette

Hollowpoints

A brawl, a balcony, and the wrong pair of eyes watching.
2029 · Ash & Layla
Novelette

Blood in the Bath

In Sanction, nothing dies clean.
June 2030 · Ash & Veyla
Short Story

A Debt in Wires

A rescue, a rooftop, and a line he didn't know he'd cross.
2027 · Ash, Tasha & Box
Short Story

The April Fool

Sometimes the best news lands worst.
April 2011 · Ash & Anna
Short Story

What Was Never Found

A town erased. A relic lost. And the man always three steps behind.
2010 · Scotch
Worldbuilding

The Lore Vault

Factions, species, history, and the rules of a broken world.

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The full index — factions, forces, and the shape of the world after the Convergence.

Diva

An Angel of Almosts, a Muse of Indulgence. Self-exiled, rebranded, and running the best nightclub in Sanction.

The Wolves

Mercenaries with teeth and a code. From gangbangers to elite enforcers, they're who you hire when you want it quiet — or loud.

Book One of the Sanction Cycle

Shadows Above Sanction

Novel · 114,000+ Words · 42 Chapters

The story that started it all.

Ash Britain — mercenary, survivor, a shadow of a man with more ghosts than the city he haunts — finds himself bound to Layla, a fierce Hellhound navigating her own fractured loyalties, in a city where every choice carries unseen consequences.

A psychological character drama wearing dark fantasy like body armor. Beneath the gunfire, firestorms, and falling cities — it's a story about broken people clawing toward meaning.

Soundtrack

The Sound of Sanction

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Dark fantasy, doomed romance, music, and creative chaos. Welcome to the madness. I'm not sorry.