- About the world
Every detail on the cover carries a piece of the bloodline.
The approved front cover becomes the visual backbone of the website and the annotated centerpiece of the About page.
A visual map of inheritance, identity and consequence.
01 — The Watchful Eyes
The gaze above the composition creates tension and suggests that history, family and unseen forces are always observing.
02 — The Woman at the Center
The central figure anchors the story in strength, poise and the weight of a legacy she did not create but must navigate.
03 — The Figures Behind
The shadowed figures connect the present to ancestry, power structures and truths that remain just beyond the surface.
04 — Velvet & Shadow
The title contrasts beauty and darkness: the polished world people see against the secrets, loyalties and betrayals underneath.
From a published novel to a complete transmedia world.
Velvet Shadows is the first published novel in The Bloodline Trilogy. The second book is being written while the wider platform develops cultural films, a 160-episode screen vision and future merchandise.
Author
Malik DeBracey III
Publisher
Outskirts Press
Copyright
© 2026
Print ISBN
9781977287656
Digital ISBN
9781977292834
01
Legacy
How names, choices and consequences travel through generations.
02
Power
The attraction, protection and cost of influence.
03
Identity
The tension between who the world expects you to be and who you choose to become.
04
Betrayal
The private decisions that can fracture public dynasties.
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