Beyond the Beginning

Synopsis18th Maelis, Year 9,000 of the Elyndrian Calendar. For thousands of years, the people of Aetherion have lived beneath an ordinary sky, unaware that their world is approaching a change that no prophecy predicted. Among them is Eryndor Vaelith, an eighteen-year-old orphan raised in the quiet region of Vaelcrest. He has no remarkable family. No known bloodline. No great inheritance. Only a mysterious mirror pendant that has been with him since infancy. Then, on the day Eryndor turns eighteen, the world awakens. Humanity gains Talents and Races. Beasts and plants develop intelligence. The world itself expands beyond anything civilization thought possible. Ancient Domains descend upon the land, strange powers appear throughout the heavens, and an incomprehensible Tower opens its trials to the awakened. The old calendar will eventually be abandoned. Historians will call this moment Year 1 of the Awakening Era. But Eryndor experiences something no one else does. The moment he enters the Tower, memories of a future that should not exist return to him. He remembers wars. He remembers ancient beings. He remembers powerful artifacts scattered across the world. He remembers people who have not yet risen. And most terrifying of all—he remembers the end. But his memories are incomplete. There are gaps he cannot cross. There are truths hidden behind the mysterious mirror he has carried since childhood. And the future he remembers is already changing. As Eryndor begins his journey through the newly awakened world, he encounters races that humanity never knew existed, individuals walking paths of their own, ancient remnants left behind by forgotten powers, and organizations pursuing goals that have nothing to do with him. Some seek immortality. Some seek knowledge. Some seek power. Some seek to protect their people. And some are willing to sacrifice everything to escape the limits of existence. Meanwhile, something ancient stirs beyond the boundaries of the world. Something that does not seek kingdoms. It does not seek revenge. It does not even understand hatred. It simply seeks to make everything one. Eryndor knows what happened once. But this is no longer the same future. Every choice creates a new possibility. Every secret uncovered changes what he thought he knew. And as he climbs from an ordinary awakened human toward realms that surpass mortal understanding, he begins to discover that the greatest mystery is not the future he remembers. It is the truth of his own existence. Because long before Eryndor was born, something had already begun. And whatever waits at the end of Creation may have been waiting for him from the very beginning. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: Beyond the Beginning — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠