Shardborn

By Clifford J Sullivan

He was the Academy's greatest failure. Now, he's the world's only hope.

Kael Mourne was never meant to fail. At seventeen, he stepped up to the Awakening Stone expecting glory. Instead, he shattered the stone and awakened... nothing.

Cast out in disgrace, Kael is exiled to the Ashwalker Corps-a suicide squad of soldiers stationed in the poisoned borderlands. In the Ashlands, survival is measured in heartbeats, and the monstrous Fallen are no longer just mindless beasts. They are evolving. They are coordinating. And they are hunting.

But Kael didn't come away from the ceremony empty-handed. Deep in his chest, something ancient is stirring. A dark, buried power that the Academy fears-and the Court Mages want to control.

As the Ashlands bleed into the civilized world, Kael must lead a band of scarred veterans to uncover a truth buried for centuries.

Some powers are given. Some are taken. And some are Shardborn.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GQRTDPRT
• ISBN13: 9798250321655
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"