The Unbound Circle
Alyssa M. Tate
Dark Fantasy Author. World-Builder. Storyteller.
Enter a world of Chosen and shadows. Follow the ongoing saga of the Unbound Circle, the tabletop tales that shaped it, and the works still being written.
About the Author
The author, the gamer, the world-builder.
I am a newly published author of dark fantasy, stepping out from years of tabletop tables and late-night campaigns into the wider world of readers. This site is where those stories come home.
My roots are in games. Long tabletop RPG sagas taught me how worlds hold together under pressure, how characters break and reform, and how the smallest choice can echo across chapters. Those tables shaped the world of The Unbound Circle, and they still do.
I write about the cost of freedom, the weight of power, and the people who carry both. If that pulls at something in you, I hope you stay a while.
Storyteller
Dark fantasy novels that trade easy answers for weight, cost, and consequence.
Tabletop RPG Creator
Long-running tabletop sagas that inform and pressure-test the worlds on the page.
Lifelong Gamer
Video games and RPGs at the roots — the through line from player to author to world-builder.
Published Books
Step into the tale.
The first novel in an unfolding saga. More titles are on the way.
Book 1 of The Unbound Circle
Breaker of Chains
In the trading city of Nexus, Resonant Song has spent years planning her freedom and the liberation of those enslaved alongside her. When she Exalts as one of the Unconquered Sun's Chosen, she believes she finally has the power to end the injustice she's witnessed.
But Song quickly discovers that slavery takes forms far more terrible than chains and bills of sale, and that freedom means nothing when the soul itself can be bound.
In a world where most accept bondage as commonplace and the forces of death grow stronger, Song must decide what she is willing to sacrifice in her war against the darkness, and whether some evils are too vast for even the Chosen of the Sun to overcome.
Published Through
More Titles Coming
The Unbound Circle — Book 2
In development
Companions of Nexus
Novella collection — outlining
The Eclipsed Throne
Standalone — in development
Current Projects
The road ahead, chapter by chapter.
A living roadmap of what is published, in progress, in development, and how you can pick up multiple titles together as they arrive.
- Published100%
Breaker of Chains — The Unbound Circle: Book 1
Available now in PDF through DriveThruRPG. Print edition through White Wolf.
- In Progress35%
The Unbound Circle — Book 2
Drafting the next chapter of Resonant Song's war against the darkness.
- In Development15%
Companion Novellas of Nexus
Short-form stories expanding the world of the Chosen. Outlining underway.
- Bundle100%
Reader Bundle Offers
Watch this space for special discounts and multi-book bundle offers.
Character Gallery
The faces of the Circle.
The players walking the world of the Unbound Circle — heroes, rivals, and shadows. Tap a portrait to meet them.
Story Universe & RPG Corner
A world still being mapped.
The novels are one door into the world of the Unbound Circle. The tabletop table is another. This corner will grow to hold lore, factions, campaign notes, convention news, and free downloadable materials for players and readers.
The World
A living setting of Chosen, empires, and the slow return of ancient powers. Region guides, factions, and lore entries are being catalogued here.
More coming soon
Tabletop Campaigns
Ongoing tabletop RPG sagas that shape and pressure-test the world of the Unbound Circle. Session recaps and campaign notes coming soon.
More coming soon
Convention News
Panels, table events, and announcements as they land on the calendar.
More coming soon
Downloadable Materials
Free lore sheets, faction primers, and campaign resources for players and readers as they are prepared.
More coming soon
Behind the Pages
A gamer, a partner, a person first.
I am an avid gamer, both video games and tabletop RPGs. I have a wonderful wife and we co-parent our autistic toddler, along with two fur babies: our cat Tika and our dog Baby.
I am transgender and a lesbian. I worked at the Transgender Health and Wellness Center, the largest employer of trans people in the world, as a program assistant for the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault program.
I have just started my writing career, and I am looking forward to sharing my stories, and the stories from my ongoing tabletop RPG games, with you.
Reader Community
Walk the road together.
Choose your gathering place. Every channel is a different way to stay close to the story as it grows.
The Herald
Occasional dispatches from the road — release news, chapter reveals, and reader-only extras.
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