A FICTIONAL WORLD BY K.L. JARDINE
The Balance Archives
Different lives. Different paths. One extraordinary reality.
Some stories begin with an ordinary life. Others begin when everything familiar starts to unravel.
The Balance Archives explores a world where the boundaries of what we understand are not nearly as certain as they appear.
Through Left Hand Black and Mustang in the Desert, two distinct journeys reveal different corners of a larger, interconnected universe.
Each novel tells its own story. Together, they begin to uncover something much greater.
Left Hand Black
Some truths are better left buried. Some powers refuse to stay hidden.
Phoenix detective Logan McCain has spent years trying to survive the death of his wife. When a routine investigation leads him beneath a rundown bar, he discovers something that should not exist—and his life is violently torn apart.
Beyond the familiar world lies the Nether, a realm of ancient powers, supernatural beings, and a conflict governed by a mysterious force known as the Balance.
Logan soon discovers that he possesses an extraordinary ability: the power to wield both light and darkness. But in a world where good and evil are not always what they seem, every choice carries a consequence.
As Logan searches for answers, the darkness within him grows stronger, threatening to consume the very humanity he is fighting to preserve.
Somewhere between light and darkness lies the truth.
Mustang in the Desert
Some monsters hide in the darkness. Others are hunted through it.
Across the lonely stretches of the American Southwest, a solitary hunter follows creatures most people will never know exist.
Jake has spent years pursuing the things that emerge from the shadows. His companion is a battered Mustang, a machine that, like its driver, has been rebuilt for one purpose: the hunt.
But beneath the desert’s silence lies a supernatural world far more dangerous than anything ordinary humanity understands. Ancient forces move beyond sight, and the line between hunter and hunted is never as certain as it seems.
In a world where darkness conceals more than monsters, survival demands more than courage. It demands knowing what you’re willing to become.
The desert has its secrets. Jake has his reasons for hunting them.
