Secunda Vita: The Aetheric Bridge
Paperback
Series: Latens Nexus, Book 1
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 15 2026
Pages: 202
Weight: 0.61
Height: 0.46 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In Secunda Vita, home is more than a place. It is something living.
Gemma Halostar and her family have built their lives around Halostar Hall, an ancestral Elven home carried across realms by great magic and rooted in the crossroads world of Secunda Vita. There, reality bends to resonance, old bloodlines carry ancient power, and family is measured not only by birth, but by loyalty, choice, and the willingness to stand beside one another when the world begins to fracture.
For years, the Halostar family has guarded the Veil between realms. But when a hidden wound begins spreading through the land, their greatest danger does not come from beyond their borders. It comes from someone who already knows how to cross them.
A betrayal leaves one of Gemma's children fighting for his life and tears a wound through both the family and the realm itself. In the aftermath, fear changes the people left behind. Protection becomes control. Love becomes something that must learn how to breathe again.
Years later, on Earth, a man called Vinnie lives with no memory of the world he lost or the harm he caused. Then one small act of compassion awakens something buried inside him.
Returning to Secunda Vita means returning to the people he betrayed, the consequences he cannot undo, and the possibility that redemption may demand more than regret.
As old wounds reopen and the boundaries between worlds begin to shift, Gemma, Cora, Bruno, Luchezz, and the rest of the Halostar family must decide what they are truly willing to protect, what they are willing to forgive, and whether belonging can survive even after it has been broken.
And deep within Halostar Hall, something ancient is beginning to wake.
Secunda Vita: The Aetheric Bridge is a mythic family fantasy about healing, redemption, chosen kin, magical realms, and the enduring truth that the strongest sanctuary is not built from walls, but from the people who refuse to let one another stand alone.
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