1066 changed history. But it didn't kill the darkness.

In an England where Harold Godwinson killed William the Conqueror and the Anglish Commonwealth has stood for a thousand years, one oath holds the realm together: No man or householder shall be yoked.

When a Sea-Warden dies in a "tragic accident" on Dogger Bank and the lights of Lunden go out, ex-Huscarl investigator Kade Ælfson is called to the river. The blackout looks like sabotage. The body looks like a warning. And a shadowy energy giant, Blue Anchor Systems, sits right in the middle of it all.

Partnered with Brynja Hadley, a relentless Chronicle reporter who treats archives like battlegrounds, Kade follows a trail from storm-lit turbines to oak-shelved records, uncovering a plot to twist the ancient oath into legalised "temporary labour" – a polite word for slavery.

As forged letters surface, regulators "tidy" reality to match the record, and a blackout threatens the Folkmoot's decisive vote, Kade and Brynja must prove the forgery in public or watch a free Commonwealth slip back into chains.

Commonwealth of Shadows is an alternate-history noir thriller set in 2025 – a world of gas-lamps and fibre-optic taps, sea-wardens and spin doctors, where history is a weapon and humour is the last defence against the dark.