Sign-In
Cart
The Gravity of Us: She was his enemy-until fate chained them together.
Paperback
Series: The Kinetic Union, Book 1
Publisher: Aethelgard Press
Published: Jan 1 2026
Pages: 554
Weight: 1.19
Height: 1.23 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
A dying sun. A forced bond. A revolution ignited by the touch of a hand.
In the empire of Aethelgard, magic is a zero-sum game. For the capital of Eldoria to bask in eternal, golden summer, the Northern territories must wither in a perpetual, soul-crushing freeze. This is the Law of Conservation: energy is never created, only stolen.
Lyra is the Lunar Heir of the North, a Siphon born to endure the biting cold. Her survival depends on her ability to leach warmth from everything she touches, a power that has left her isolated, stoic, and fueled by a cold resentment for the empire that thrives on her people's suffering.
Kaelen is the Solar Heir of Eldoria, a living hearth whose very blood radiates the heat of a thousand suns. To the world, he is a god of abundance; to the crown, he is a biological resource-a gilded prisoner harvested to fuel a parasitic machine of luxury.
When a cataclysmic failure of the sun forces the two together, they are bound by the Kinetic Union-a terrifying magical tether that forbids them from being more than a hundred feet apart. As they navigate a treacherous landscape of political betrayal and ancient oracles, they discover a truth that could shatter Aethelgard: their opposing natures are not a curse, but the key to a power capable of reshaping the universe.
But in a world built on extraction, can a soul that takes and a soul that gives ever find balance? Or will their collision extinguish the last light of humanity for good?
Also from
Cross, Aveline
Bound by Smoke and Shadow: A Dark Fantasy of Bound Magic and Forbidden Desire- Book #2
Cross, Aveline
Paperback
Also in
Fantasy
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Paperback
The Princess Bride Deluxe Limited Edition: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure
Goldman, William
Paperback
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
Kuang, R. F.
Paperback
Japanese Gothic: A Folk Horror Novel of Japanese Mythology, Murder, and Family Duty Across Two Timelines
Baker, Kylie Lee
Hardcover
Assistant to the Villain: A Cozy Fantasy Romantic Comedy from a Tiktok Sensation
Maehrer, Hannah Nicole
Paperback
Before I Knew I Loved You: A Cozy Magical Realism Novel of Time Travel, Love, and Memory, Set in a Fabled Tokyo Café
Kawaguchi, Toshikazu
Hardcover