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Echoes of Atherion: The Riftborn
Book I of the Echoes of Atherion Saga
When six strangers from Earth are pulled through a fracture in reality, they awaken in a living world called Atherion-a realm that breathes, remembers, and judges. Each carries a mark that burns with an ancient element: Fire, Water, Wind, Stone, Spirit, and Void. Together, they are the Riftborn-chosen not by prophecy, but by the realm's desperate will to survive.
Across the shattered continents of Atherion, a tyrannical force known as the Quiet Citadel is building a machine to rewrite creation itself: the False Song Engine. It feeds on the world's heartbeat, turning breath into obedience, life into silence. Guided only by the echoes of a long-dead queen whose messages come in fragments and riddles, the Riftborn must learn to master powers that answer more to fear than command-and face the truth that their arrival may have come too soon.
As the Citadel's armies rise and the world itself begins to wake, Atherion's fate hinges on their unity. But every gift in this world demands a price, and every heartbeat counts toward a debt that someone must pay.