Same Stars (Though Fate Is Etched In Stone Book 1)

A fast-paced, character-driven dark portal fantasy about trauma, belonging, and the cost of fate.Syden Sanedrac is twenty-two, estranged from his family and haunted by violent visions he can't explain - visions that have followed him since the day his father died, and the day Syden became something he can't forgive. When a stranger forces him into Se Foria, a deadly mythic realm split from Taldros a thousand years ago, he finally learns the truth. His madness is an ancient curse bound to the Sanedracs. As the new Vessel, Syden must close the portals tearing apart the barrier between worlds. In the human settlement of Dark Autumn, Syden finds an uneasy kind of safety with a small group that shouldn't feel like home: two vampires, Arayle and Venik, and two humans fighting to survive, Lade and Rendra. But Se Foria doesn't let wounds stay buried. When they arrive in the city of Nakeyla, old history detonates and an illusionist named Mikel turns magic into psychological warfare-summoning nightmare-golems that weaponize their deepest fears.As rumors of the Vessel begin to spread and something in the dark tightens its noose, Syden must decide whether he's going to run from what he is...or live long enough to become the thing that saves them. Only Syden can carry the cross etched in stone.WELCOME TO THE FAMILY.