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The Sect Beneath the Mortal City

The Sect Beneath the Mortal City

Madison, Shaundra

Paperback

Fantasy

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ISBN13: 9798240885419
Publisher: Shaundra J Woodmore Madison
Pages: 110
Weight: 0.32
Height: 0.28 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Zane Mercer has spent his entire life starving in the frozen streets of Oakhaven.An orphan with no family, no education, and barely enough strength to survive another winter, Zane possesses one strange secret: a mysterious vibration deep inside his bones. He cannot hear it with his ears, but he feels it constantly-a strange hum that becomes stronger whenever something supernatural is near.One day, Zane follows rumors of the Mercy School, a mysterious martial arts sect hidden inside the city. He expects nothing more than food and perhaps a chance to escape the gutters.Instead, he discovers that the school is guarding something buried beneath Oakhaven.Master Oliver Langston recognizes the strange frequency in Zane's blood almost immediately. He offers the starving boy food, shelter, and training in exchange for his loyalty-and warns him never to reveal what exists beneath the school.Zane accepts.But the promised ticket out is not an escape.It is an entrance.Far beneath the city lies the Aethelgard Abyss, an ancient subterranean world of impossible stone, glowing runes, immense mechanisms, and forgotten powers. The deeper Zane descends, the more he realizes that his strange hum is not a defect.It is a key.The sect has waited generations for someone with his particular frequency. Zane is drawn into an ancient conflict involving the Abyss, supernatural seals, the mysterious Cold Light, and forces that exist beyond the mortal world.As the truth unfolds, Zane discovers that the sect's promises of power and purpose conceal a terrible system of sacrifice. He is not simply being trained.He is being prepared to become something the ancient powers need.When the world beneath Oakhaven begins to collapse, Zane must decide whether to accept the destiny others have written for him or reject the role of chosen sacrifice entirely.The final confrontation destroys the old order. The Sect falls, the gods are locked away, and Zane's supernatural hum disappears. For the first time, he is no longer a bridge between worlds or a living seal.He is simply Zane.With Anastasia beside him and a group of survivors looking toward an uncertain future, Zane returns to the mortal city. He finally understands that being human is not a weakness to escape.It is a freedom worth protecting.A dark cultivation fantasy about hidden sects, ancient underground civilizations, supernatural destiny, sacrifice, friendship, and a boy who discovers that true power may be the freedom to choose his own life.

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