A whisper in the dark. A forgotten king’s plea. A secret that could shatter the world.

Aryan’s life in the remote village of Sundarpur is defined by one unbreakable rule: never enter the Varta Forest after dark. The woods are a death sentence, a cursed place where people vanish, leaving only legends of stone kings and hungry shadows. But when a ghostly, icy voice whispers his name on the wind, Aryan is drawn into the one place he was taught to fear.

What he finds is a kingdom lost to time, a fallen monarch imprisoned in stone, and a malevolent power that marks him as its own. Thrust into a war he doesn’t understand, Aryan is bonded to the mysterious Shadow King and gifted a sword that drinks starlight. He soon learns that the plague ravaging the land and the disappearances in his village are connected to a far greater evil—one that feeds on human despair.

Guided by a hunted princess with secrets of her own and a rogue scout who can bend space itself, Aryan’s quest for answers becomes a race against annihilation. He must confront a cruel king who uses suffering as a weapon, battle monstrous creatures born from grief, and uncover the devastating truth behind his own parents' death.

But the ultimate enemy is a cunning manipulator known only as the Masked Man, who offers power to the broken and forges them into his army. To defeat him, Aryan must learn the hardest lesson of all: some enemies cannot be slain with a blade. To win this war, he must find a way to heal the very source of the darkness,this is the first volume in an epic new fantasy series that will leave you breathless for the next installment