The Exile

Castien Theron-son's mother tried to master a power that never burns out-and chose death over the cost. Castien fled the sky-cities, haunted by his mother's suicide. Among the Sand Stalker nomads, he's learned their way: a brutal discipline that fuses your body to the aether permanently. No burnout. No rest. Just glowing eyes, sleepless nights, and the weight of power you can never set down.

Is he seeking power, or an answer to whether his mother was too weak, or too wise.

The desert doesn't care which.