The Children of Triune

By Dorianne Ashe

In this dark academy fantasy set in a hidden world beneath Triune, engineered children endure brutal rituals, power awakenings, and deadly trials designed to shape the future humanity no longer remembers. For nearly five centuries, no child has been born. The late Creator sealed the womb of the world, halting the future and freezing civilization in aching stasis. But deep below Triune's surface lies a secret so vast and so carefully concealed that even the most devout citizens have never imagined it exists.

A Hidden World Beneath Triune

Far below the Upper - the bright, ordered world of adults - sprawls the Middle, an immense subterranean cradle carved from stone, metal, and starlight. Here, every "child" of Triune is raised in absolute secrecy for twenty-three years. They train, study, fight, and transform under the watchful eye of Mother, their half-human, half-android caretaker whose devotion is as chilling as it is absolute.

Deadly Trials and the Binding Ritual

Each year, the Children undergo The Binding, a brutal sacred procedure that tears them open so their latent gifts can bloom. Some awaken fire. Some awaken sight. Some awaken strength that bends steel. With every Binding, the pain sharpens, the transformations deepen, and the Children grow closer to the day they will ascend to the Upper and take their place as Triune's hidden lifeblood.

All except one.

A Power Awakening That Refuses to Come

Gilly - quiet, stubborn, fiercely observant - has endured every Binding without a single spark of power. No gift. No whisper. Nothing. As her twenty-third year approaches, she faces the truth no one speaks aloud: Children who fail to bloom rarely survive their final Binding. Their names are carved high upon the Memorial Wall, a stone ledger of those who never made it out of the Middle.

With her friends preparing for their ascent, Gilly must confront the question that has haunted her since the day she stepped out of the grow tubes: Why does Mother watch her with such strange, almost fearful intensity? And where did Little Sister go?

A Conspiracy Older Than Triune

When a catastrophic Binding ritual exposes a secret older than Triune itself, Gilly is thrust into a conspiracy that reaches from the depths of the Middle to the throne of the Creator. Her failure to bloom may not be a flaw - it may be the key to unraveling the true purpose of the Children, the Middle, and the divine silence that has smothered humanity for centuries.

The Children of Triune blends mythic sci-fi, dark academy fantasy, subterranean civilizations, and ancient-origin mystery into a story of identity, rebellion, and the terrifying cost of questioning what has been declared sacred. Perfect for readers who crave hidden worlds, deadly trials, and power awakenings that ignite revolutions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H456BV3J
• ISBN13: 9798243282819
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 426 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.0" x 8.0"