Written in Stars and Stones

Lightning was supposed to be quick. But here, in the light, time stretched.

I floated, suspended, unable to move, yet acutely aware of the world slipping further away from me.

Every nerve in my body tingled, alive with raw energy. The current coursed through me in pulsing waves, setting my blood on fire and making my skin hum.

I wasn't just touched by lightning-I was lightning, as though the surge had claimed me. I felt weightless, yet impossibly heavy, pinned down by an invisible force.

In the nothingness and everythingness, a familiar scream came and went in a flash. Was that me? Did I scream?

I was sure I was dead. I patiently waited for my mom's face as the light abruptly turned into black. But the only thing that greeted me was excruciating pain. It felt like every part of my body took a beating.

I was alive.

Death couldn't feel this bad.

*****

After a violent lightning strike, Elsbeth Hazelwood, a young woman from the human realm, finds herself in a strange world divided by conflict between two kingdoms: Aetheria, where celestial magic reigns, and Thaldrin, known for its potions and earth-bound enchantments.

When she stumbles upon a prophecy, Elsbeth is thrust into a destiny she never asked for. She must journey across this fractured land, navigating the starlit spells of Aetheria and the intricate rituals of Thaldrin, to stop an ancient power that threatens to annihilate both kingdoms. Alongside her unlikely companions, she unravels a web of long-buried mysteries and deception that could change everything.