Sukhyii
THE CRIMSON RAIN
A perfect sky. A bleeding planet. And a killer who knows his next move-because he already lived it.
Aurelia Prime is a paradise built on a lie. Every evening, a massive atmospheric shield called the Earth Mirror projects pristine images of humanity's long-dead home planet, illuminating the glass towers and silent aerial lanes in gold. Seventeen-year-old Aren has always been told it's history. But when the artificial sky begins to glitch, his hyper-obsessive curiosity pulls him into a restricted digital archive-and straight into a century-old conspiracy.
Aided by Elara Voss, a mysterious girl hunting for the truth behind her brother's erased existence, Aren uncovers a single, hidden photograph from 1944. Tied to it are corrupted coordinates and an impossible warning: time travel isn't a myth, and someone has been manipulating human history from the shadows.
But their investigation triggers a silent, lethal response. As a toxic crimson rain begins to fall over the city, a ruthless, faceless assassin emerges. This killer cannot be outrun, outsmarted, or predicted. He overrides secure terminals, bypasses encrypted grids, and knows Aren's exact thoughts before he even has them.
The terrifying truth? The monster waiting in the dark isn't a stranger. He is Future Aren-a broken, traumatized version of himself who has spent thirty years looping through time, trying to keep a catastrophic secret buried at any cost.
Trapped in a mind-bending chicken-and-egg paradox, Aren and his fiercely loyal silver-furred dog, NÈS, must race against a ticking clock to find a "Third Option"-a way to break the cycle of trauma, let go of absolute control, and rewrite the future before the timeline collapses entirely.