Power spreads through the network, but every anchor comes with a cost.
Arby Riswell has followed the hidden line far enough to know it is no accident. What was once a buried system of corridors and pressure points is becoming something larger, more connected, and harder to control.
Arby Riswell has spent a lifetime reading the truth beneath polished surfaces. In Anchored Ground, the hidden network is no longer just something he uncovers one job at a time — it is something spreading, tightening, and demanding a price.
As more anchors are placed and more corridors connect, the system beneath the floor begins to feel less like a map and more like a force. Every job strengthens it. Every correction carries risk. And every success pulls Arby deeper into a structure that may be using him as much as he is using it.
Each anchor holds more than weight.
Each floor carries more than memory.
And every step brings the network closer to becoming something permanent.
Anchored Ground drives the Seams of Power series into deeper territory, where craftsmanship, pressure, and buried design collide with consequences that can no longer be ignored.
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