The Abyssborn
When the world tore open and the first Rifts bled monsters into the sky, humanity discovered a cruel balance: only those who awakened to power could fight back. The rest were left to cower, survive, and pray.
Aiden Kael was one of the forsaken. At fifteen, he had no gifts, no strength, no future—only a fragile sister to protect and the memory of parents who died shielding them from a Rift’s carnage. To the world, he was useless. To Elara, he was everything.
But fate is never merciful. When a Rift opens in the heart of their city, Aiden and Elara are thrown into a nightmare no ordinary human can survive. Betrayed, abandoned, and standing face-to-face with death, Aiden awakens to something forbidden—an ability unlike any seen before.
A power that devours. A power without limits.
A power that could save the world… or consume him whole.
As monsters swarm and Hunters clash, Aiden’s rise will shatter the fragile order between man and beast, light and shadow. And when the Monarchs who rule the Rifts finally turn their gaze toward him, he must decide: will he remain human for his sister’s sake, or embrace the abyss for the power to protect her?
In a world where the weak are trampled and only the ruthless survive, one forsaken boy will carve his name in blood and fire—whether the world is ready or not.