Stellar archaeologist Elara Nightshade is content studying the silent, ancient patterns of the cosmos. But when her brilliant sister dies in a mysterious "training accident" at the elite Astral Academy, Elara is ripped from her research and forced into the very institution that took her sister's life.
Thrust into a world of rigid military protocols and dangerous dimensional experiments, Elara discovers that her sister's death was no accident. The Academy isn't just training cadets; it's cultivating them, forcing an evolution upon humanity through contact with terrifying, misunderstood entities from beyond the barrier of our reality.
As Elara's own body begins to change, developing the same crystalline structures that marked her sister, she finds herself at the center of a conspiracy that reaches the highest echelons of command. With a secret project named "Ascension" set to launch and a countdown to a forced, irreversible transformation for millions, Elara must race to uncover the truth her sister died to protect.
To stop the future they're building, she must embrace the transformation they're forcing upon her and become a bridge between two worlds—before both are torn apart.
