A System of Wings

What if your destiny was already written-but you were given the power to change it?

In a remote valley where people believe that souls can pass between humans, animals, and other forms of life, Sanque has always thought his sister was simply unusual.

Then his stepmother becomes dangerously ill.

His sister takes his hand and asks him to follow her.

Their bodies remain asleep on the family kang, while their spirits become gray smoke and travel beneath the earth. There, they discover a palace hidden inside the mountain-a place filled with ancient books, strange beings, and secrets that seem to reach far beyond their own lives.

One of those books is his stepmother's Book of Destiny.

And it is only the beginning.

Soon Sanque discovers that he may have lived before, that his blood carries a forgotten power, and that the world is far larger than the one he knows. He is taken to a mysterious academy where students learn to transform, control their energy, and cross the boundaries between worlds.

But power has a price.

Enemies are coming. Old bloodlines are awakening. And somewhere beyond the worlds Sanque knows lies a kingdom whose people believe that softness can be stronger than force.

As Sanque's journey unfolds, he will encounter folded time, mirror worlds, forgotten lives, and a question more difficult than how to become powerful:

What does it mean to be alive when every life may be only a drop in a much larger sea?

The wings are only beginning to open.