The Hearth Beyond the Pines

Eli Mercer has spent his entire life hiding-his love of mythology, his dreams, his truth. When he finally tells his parents he's gay, their rejection shatters everything he thought he knew about home.
With nothing but a backpack, a bicycle, and the vague hope that somewhere in the world a place exists for him, Eli runs south. Along the way, he experiences impossible things: dreams of a warm kitchen and an ancient fire, protection from monsters that shouldn't exist, and powers he doesn't understand. Most mysterious of all, an inexplicable pull drawing him forward-as though something divine has been waiting for him all along.
When Eli arrives at Camp Half-Blood, an impossible claiming ceremony reveals the truth: he is a child of Hestia, born directly from the sacred flame itself. One of the rarest demigods in existence. But acceptance from the camp isn't what Eli truly seeks. He's searching for something deeper-a place where he can finally stop performing and simply be.
From the author's heart comes a story about the transformative power of belonging, the courage it takes to claim your identity, and the realization that home isn't always where you come from-it's where you're welcomed exactly as you are.

Disclosure:

I do not own or claim to own characters or the concept of Camp Half Blood
I only claim ownership of the main character, Elijah Mercer, in which i created.