The Echowright Chronicles
“We are echoes of what we carry. What we choose to heal shapes what we become.”
A 12-book fantasy series by Bruno Malnovic
About the Series
Remy Ward is twenty-three, has an eidetic memory that stores everything since the age of six, and remembers nothing from before. When he wakes floating in a mirror-still pond beneath an ancient tree in a world that isn’t his own, he discovers a magic system built on the psychic residue of departed souls — and a collapsed empire that someone very much wants to keep buried.
He bonds with Fig, a golden orb-shaped AI construct from the fallen Imperium — part guide, part bodyguard, all personality. Together they navigate a world where power is earned through genuine sacrifice, four noble houses guard centuries of conspiracy, and a dimensional wound called the Breach threatens to erase everything the empire once protected.
The Echowright Chronicles is a progression fantasy series told across four arcs and twelve books. Remy starts with nothing and earns every step forward — not through grinding or exploits, but through the kind of growth that changes who you are. Dry humor, deep lore, real consequences, and a magic system that rewards understanding over brute force.
The World
Three pillars hold the Echowright world together.
The Echo System
Echoes are the residue of will — not memories, not ghosts, but psychic imprints left by departed souls. Shaped by what they loved, feared, or could not release. Master them to heal, to fight, to see the truth of a person’s soul. Power without sacrifice is corruption; sacrifice without choice is tragedy.
The Fold
An ancient AI that governs progression — the System, in LitRPG terms. But The Fold has Imperial-era origins, independent thought, and its own agenda. It serves the concept of the Imperium, not any individual. It watches. It judges. And it remembers everything.
A Shattered Empire
Four noble houses conspired to murder the Imperium and erase its bloodline. Centuries later, the Breach — a dimensional wound caused by that betrayal — threatens to consume everything. The conspiracy didn’t end with the murder. It evolved.
Meet the Characters
The people who make this world worth saving.
Remy Ward
Dry wit, eidetic memory, zero patience for melodrama. Carries two Imperial bloodlines he didn’t know existed. Processes fear through snark, not bravado. Notices details others miss. Comfortable with silence.
Fig
Ancient Imperial AI construct. Golden orb, the size of a fist, with R2-D2 energy and a protective streak a mile wide. Guide, bodyguard, friend — and secretly far more than she appears to be.
Wren
The first person who doesn’t try to kill Remy. A trapper who knows the Dawnwood like her own hands. Teaches him to survive before the world teaches him to fight. Sharp, patient, no-nonsense.
The Series
Four arcs. Twelve books. One journey from nothing to everything.
Awakening
Arrival in a strange world, first allies, first enemies. Remy discovers echoes, bonds with Fig, and learns that the empire he’s heir to was murdered — and the murderers are still in power.
Conspiracy
Four noble houses. Centuries of buried secrets. Political intrigue, betrayal, and a power system that punishes the dishonest. Remy’s abilities grow as the stakes sharpen.
Coalition
Building alliances, facing hard truths. The Breach’s true nature is revealed — and it’s worse than anyone imagined. The enemy isn’t a monster. It’s a tragedy.
Reckoning
The final confrontation. War, sacrifice, and the question at the heart of everything: what are you willing to become to save what you love?
Read the Opening
The first pages of Book 1.
Chapter 1 — Definitely Suspicious
Remy floated, weightless, on the surface of a mirror-like pond surrounded by mist and low-hanging willows. The air was cool, carrying the scent of rain-soaked stone and blooming moss. Somewhere nearby, water dripped from leaves, and distant birds called to one another through the fog. Insects hummed just below the threshold of irritation.
This — was not normal.
His dreams didn’t usually start this calm. They were more post-apocalyptic mall runs or boss fights with no health potions. He vaguely remembered laying in bed last night and binging his favorite author’s latest book release. He wasn’t sure when he fell asleep.
Remy had an unusual relationship with memory. Since he was about six, he could recall everything, every page of every book he’d read, every conversation he’d had, every license plate on every car that had ever cut him off in traffic. It wasn’t photographic memory, exactly. More like his brain refused to throw anything away.
Before six? Nothing. Not a blur, not a feeling, not even a fragment. Just a clean line where his life began.
He lifted his head slowly and looked around.
Glowing moss strands draped from the low branches above the bank, swaying in a breeze he couldn’t feel. Their light was soft and blue-green, the color of bioluminescence in deep ocean footage, except steady instead of flickering.
Too peaceful. Definitely suspicious.
And then he saw the tree.
It towered over the clearing, roots like living ridge lines rising from the earth to cradle the pond. Not a tree. The tree. Far more massive than a redwood, but gnarled like an ancient oak that had been given millennia to decide which way to grow.
Its trunk was thick enough to house a cottage. Its bark bore patterns that weren’t quite natural, lines and knots shaped by time, yet somehow deliberate, almost a language that wrapped around and around the trunk. The branches stretched outward in a cathedral of leaf and light, dappling the water in shifting greens and golds.
Somewhere in his chest, something loosened.
“Damn,” he whispered.
The tree said nothing. Did nothing.
But it was watching. Or listening.
He grinned, wide and unapologetic. “Well aren’t you something.”
Bestiary
Some of the creatures that inhabit the Echowright world.
FAQ
When does Book 1 release?
Book 1 is complete and in final editing. We’ll announce the release date here and on Discord when it’s ready. Join the community to be the first to know.
How many books are planned?
Twelve, organized in four arcs of three books each (except Arc 3, which is two books, and Arc 4, which is four). The full series outline is written. Book 2 is currently in progress.
Is this connected to EchoQuest?
Yes. The Echowright Chronicles is the lore foundation for EchoQuest, our browser-based RPG. The game draws from the same world, magic system, and history — but each stands on its own. You don’t need to read one to enjoy the other.
Where can I follow updates?
Join the EchoForge Discord for development updates, early previews, and community discussion. Updates are also posted on the EchoForge blog.