The Fallow Cycle Of Veridia (Book 1: A Love Unforeseen)

On the planet Veridia, survival is not a right-it is a brutal, necessary bargain. For generations, the ruling Elders have maintained stability by enforcing the Fallow Cycle, a hidden mechanism that demands continuous, controlled suffering from its people in exchange for existence. This is The Rotten Lie, and questioning it is treason.
Chief K'trel is a man of duty, loyal to the very order he enforces. But his world shatters when his son, Kael, is born. Kael is an anomaly: an infant radiating a raw, impossible Gold and Rose Signal-the pure energy of Love. This signal offers peace but instantly broadcasts Veridia's existence to the deepest cosmos, alerting a cosmic predator known only as The Devourer.
With his civilization facing either immediate oblivion or perpetual pain, K'trel forms an alliance with John, a shattered but vital human conduit whose telepathic sensitivity is the only bridge to the corrosive depths. K'trel must lead his human guide into the fear-choked River Aethyr to find the source of the Lie.
K'trel's journey is not just a mission; it's a desperate race against the clock where every step demands a sacrifice. He is forced to confront the impossible calculus: Will he betray his orders and risk global annihilation by destroying the Lie, or will he extinguish the only true source of hope his world has ever known?