After the emergence of science, human belief shifted from the inexplicable to the explainable. It helped that there was a massive overhaul of permissions to Earth's reality, sending the Norse and Greek pantheons into a shared but separated realm: Arkala. Ragnarök has been broken; the Roman's are a whispered curse; the Olympians have been punished. But Odin never did respect power that he couldn't wield, and Zeus can taste his former existence as Jupiter, a king among mortals. But where did they come from? How did they disappear? Why is Earth suddenly at risk after centuries of supernatural silence? There was a mythology that respects the shadows, the honesty of all things lost to memory. They planted the seeds of their own predicaments, leaving a few determined mortals to unveil the worlds that only the immortal were meant to perceive.

Synopsis: I had everything. A loving family. A promising future. The talent to become someone great. Then I threw it all away. After years of arrogance, addiction, and bad decisions, I lost everything that mattered. Expelled from college and abandoned by my own choices, I died running from the consequences of my life. Then a goddess offered me a second chance. A new world. A new life. A chance to become a hero. I refused the blessings. No cheat skills. No divine powers. No legendary gifts. If I was going to start over, I would do it with my own two hands. Now reborn in a world of swords and magic recovering from a devastating war, I must survive with nothing but my wits while uncovering the forces threatening the fragile peace. This isn't the story of a chosen hero. It's the story of a wasted prodigy trying to earn redemption.

Celia de Visher worked her whole life for her high position in the biggest criminal cartel in the Raised Cities Confederation. But she knows that if she wants to survive in the slowly degrading world where industrialisation led to the flood that wiped most of the known land cities, she needs to aim higher. To the skies. She steals one of the few remaining skyships and heads toward the Thundering Massive - a mountain range that walls off the known territory from uncharted lands of the New World. Unfortunately, the enraged cartel boss will not let her slip away so easily. The only chance for success and achieving her explorer dreams might be siding with the current government. But why would they aid a notorious pirate? Amazing cover made by @-DeeIsDead-