Eldrith Stories

For four thousand years, the city of Eldrith has floated in a star-choked void, protected by the violet light of the Foundation Arch. The citizens believe they are the last safe haven in the universe. They are wrong. Lyra Galen is a spatial magus of the High Ridge, a prodigy born to pluck the fabric of reality and uphold a legacy of unyielding stone. Her life is one of prestige and pressure-until the Festival of Awakening goes wrong. A shockwave from the void plunges the city into darkness, leaving the foundations of Eldrith shivering in the silence. Magic in Eldrith flows from Lumen, a radiant particle that reacts with each citizen's DNA to grant unique abilities-and without it, even the most skilled magus struggles. While the Great Houses hunt for a scapegoat, the city's elite turn their eyes toward the only instability they've ever known: Ewan, Lyra's quiet, fragile brother. To the world, Ewan is a "sickly bird" who withers when the city's light grows too bright. To Lyra, he is the only person worth protecting in a world built on ancient pride. But as the air begins to thin and Lumen-Dysphoria takes hold, Lyra discovers that the fracture in the stone is nothing compared to the lies buried in her own home. A three-hundred-year-old secret is bleeding through the cracks of the manor.