the Shell That Breaks Sky

When the sky cracks, the chosen must bleed for every breath. Among the knife-edged heights of the Skyborne, Alerin Windscar survives the sacred leap of Skybirth and earns the whispering favor of Lerkshru, the wind god who bears heaven upon his ancient shell. What begins as blessing soon becomes burden. Raiders climb from the lowlands with flame oil, hooks, and iron, while old jealousies split the cliffside people from within. As prophecy gathers around his scar and the sky itself begins to fracture, Alerin must lead warriors who fear his power, elders who resent his defiance, and broken souls who have already paid too much for survival. Beside him stands Serenya Dawnfeather, healer, priestess, and the one heart brave enough to love a man being remade by storm. Around them, friends become rivals, sisters become legends, and every oath is tested against blood, wind, and grief. The Shell That Cracked the Sky is an epic grimdark fantasy of sacred flight, brutal war, forbidden tenderness, and the terrible cost of being chosen when gods can bleed and mountains remember every fall.

Pages: 602, Paperback, Independently published