Series
False Sky is a slow-burn science-fantasy series of dangerous gates, suppressed power, alien mystery, Dominion, institutional control, and the cost of becoming something no institution knows how to control.
Reader Promise
Readers can expect atmospheric science fantasy with an epic-fantasy surface, a university and gate-city setting, socially important gifted classes, Dominion as soul-pressure and reality-shaping rather than generic mana, hidden or suppressed potential, dangerous gates, layered realms, alien ecology, and institutional pressure from Empire, Church, university, and hidden networks.
The series is not a light academy comedy, stat-screen LitRPG, fast wish-fulfillment power fantasy, cozy portal romp, romance-forward story, or grimdark story where cruelty is the point.
Public Roadmap
False Sky Book One
forthcoming
A routine university expedition beyond Kharast's gate leaves Ashar Vale alive, changed, and carrying something no imperial record can safely explain. To survive, he must hide what he is becoming and uncover why the ordinary future promised to him may have been engineered from the start.
Discover The First LayerFalse Sky Book Two
forthcoming
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