THE STARS WE INHERIT

August Polly Zemo has spent his entire life trying to escape a name that was never truly his to choose.

Zemo.

To the world, it belongs to a dangerous man-a name associated with manipulation, destruction, and enemies of the Avengers. To August, it is a reminder of everything he refuses to become.

At twenty-four, August is trying to build a quiet life for himself as a college student and aspiring fashion designer. He spends his nights sketching clothes, listening to music, and staring at the stars, finding peace in a world that rarely gives him any.

Then his radiation abilities begin changing.

What was once a power he could carefully control starts reacting to his emotions. Strange messages begin appearing on his phone. People from his father's past start taking an interest in him. And buried beneath the life August thought he understood is a secret that Baron Zemo never wanted his son to discover.

As August is pulled deeper into a mystery surrounding his powers, he finds himself caught between people who want to protect him, people who fear him, and people who want to turn him into something he has spent his entire life refusing to become.

With Peter Parker, Bucky Barnes, Wanda Maximoff, Clint Barton, Yelena Belova, Pietro Maximoff, Gamora, and others by his side, August begins uncovering the truth about his family-and about himself.

But the closer he gets to the truth, the harder it becomes to tell where his father's legacy ends...

and where August's begins.

Because the last message his father ever left him wasn't a warning about the people coming for him.

It was a warning about what would happen when August finally learned what he was.