The Forest That Grew Around Sleeping Gods
Nara has always known that the forest is not what it seems.At the edge of Oakhaven stands the Indestructible Forest, a vast wall of living wood that cannot be cut, burned, or broken. Beneath its roots lie secrets older than civilization-and something far more dangerous than trees.Nara can see what others cannot. Through her mysterious Root-Sight, she senses the hidden network beneath the earth: roots that move with purpose, energy that flows like blood, and a presence buried deep beneath the forest.Then the village begins to disappear.Roots invade wells and buildings. Villagers are transformed into living conduits for the forest. Elder Morwen worships the spreading trees as a divine blessing, while the legendary Iron-Breaker Silas discovers that even his greatest weapon is powerless against the ancient wood.And then Nara's younger sister, Elara, is taken.Dragged beneath the forest, Elara becomes connected to the Seventh God-the Silent King, an ancient entity imprisoned beneath the roots for a thousand years. Nara learns the horrifying truth: the forest is not protecting humanity. It is a biological prison, created by generations of High Jailers to keep seven sleeping gods buried beneath the earth.But the prison is failing.The gods are waking one by one, and the forest is consuming everything in its path to maintain the Green Lock. Worse, Nara discovers that she carries the blood of the High Jailers. She is not merely a witness to the ancient system.She is its key.As the boundaries between human, forest, and god begin to collapse, Nara must enter the heart of the Indestructible Forest and confront the legacy of the people who created the prison. To save what remains of humanity, she must become something less human herself.The greatest battle is not simply against the gods.It is against the temptation to become a perfect machine with no fear, no memories, and no human attachments.Because the gods want silence.They want a world without the unpredictable noise of human life.And Nara has finally discovered that the very things that make her human may be the only things capable of keeping them asleep.*The Forest That Grew Around Sleeping Gods* is a dark epic fantasy of ancient gods, living forests, forbidden powers, sacrifice, family, and cosmic horror-where the line between guardian and prisoner, nature and monster, is slowly erased.
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