Chronicles Of Aetheria
Paperback
Publisher: Vipul Vijay
Published: Aug 4 2025
Pages: 138
Weight: 0.37
Height: 0.32 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
To save his empire, a king must trust his perfect weapon. But what if that weapon was programmed to destroy him?
Demigod King Kaelor's dominion is absolute. From his neon-drenched throne city of Aetheria, he commands a colonial empire built on technology, fear, and the neural data he extracts from his subjects. But his power has made him a target. Rival warlords rise in the outer colonies, AI gods plot his downfall, and a chilling prophecy foretells his ruin.
When a savage, bio-engineered beast emerges from the untamed Wildlands, disrupting supply lines and terrorizing outposts, Kaelor sees not a threat, but a solution. The creature, Thrain, wields a chaotic power that mirrors his own. He is the perfect enforcer, a weapon to crush the rebellion and solidify his rule.
But their alliance reveals a horrifying secret: Thrain is a clone from Kaelor's own forgotten labs, a failed experiment repurposed by the gods as a divine failsafe against his tyranny. Now, bound by a shared code and hunted by divine agents, they must plunge into the darkest corners of the cosmos. Their quest for truth will take them through forbidden groves guarded by bio-mech horrors, into the heart of a black-hole labyrinth, and against enemies who can rewrite reality itself.
Every battle forges their bond, but every revelation tests it. With spies in their midst, illusions clouding their reality, and a viral curse counting down to their doom, Kaelor and Thrain must unravel a conspiracy that threatens to turn brother against brother. In this high-octane sci-fi thriller, trust is the ultimate vulnerability, and survival depends on deciphering the lies embedded in their very code.
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