A Song of Shadow and Starlight

In a world of floating islands and starlit magic, a gifted young woman lives a dangerous lie. Praised as a prodigy of the sacred light, her soul is secretly bound to a forbidden shadow magic—a power that marks her for death. She navigates a treacherous academy, hiding her true nature from a relentless inquisition while unraveling the horrifying truth of her reality: this beautiful world is a gilded cage, a celestial prison built by divine tyrants who will soon unmake it in a cataclysmic harvest. To survive the coming apocalypse, she must embrace the darkness within, trading her disguise for the mantle of a leader. Can she master two opposing forces, rally the forgotten, and lead her people on a desperate exodus to the stars before their chains become their tomb?