When Stars Fall, A Tale of Solaria
Kieran Knight enters the upload chamber expecting a digital afterlife—a sterile eternity built from code, free from the illness that has stalked him since childhood. Instead, he awakens reborn under a storm-soaked sky in Solaria, a world of living forests, ancient covenants, and creatures whose souls burn like stars.
Now known as Aurelian Darkfall, he is found by Eden, the Keeper of the Grove, and anointed something unseen in a century: a Starbriar, a child foretold by the Great Tree. But his arrival shakes the Grove’s faith—their runes flare in warning, their whispers name him Soulless, Silence-born, something that should not exist.
Only two beings stand at his side:
Fayte, the newborn Ardentis, a phoenix-lion reborn in Aurelian’s arms after dying to protect him…
…and a vast, unseen presence that watches from the edge of thought.
As Aurelian learns the Grove’s ways—echo-magic, bonding, hunts, and the ancient laws that govern mythic beasts—he finds himself woven into a world on the knife-edge between shadow and renewal. His choices draw the attention of beings older than kingdoms: the Qirin Rajin, Lord of Storms… and the Phoenix of Dawn, whose fire judges without mercy.
Both mark him. Both would shape the path ahead.
But choosing one may forever seal away the other.
To survive, Aurelian must master the echoes within him, understand the corruption that stains his shifting forms, and uncover why a Starbriar was called into a world bracing for ruin. And as mythic eyes gather—griffins, qirin, phoenix, and fallen shadows—the young man who once fled death must decide whether he was reborn only to live…
…or reborn to lead.