The Kingdom That Bloomed from Broken Stars

By: Ladson, Terilyn

Elara is a mute orphan from the Lower City of Elyndor, surviving among rust, hunger, and the distant towers of a ruling pantheon that claims divine authority. Her life changes when the Starfall tears open the sky and a shard of celestial power crashes into the city. When Elara touches it, the shard enters her body, transforming her blood into living starlight and revealing a forgotten connection to the Creator who once shaped the world.The Sky-Guards capture Elara and deliver her to the High Spire, where the so-called Gods see her not as a girl but as a source of power capable of restoring their failing immortality. Her reluctant protector, Adrian Cross, is the son of the ruling Usurper. Though trained to serve the throne, Adrian carries deep guilt and slowly recognizes the humanity beneath Elara's divine transformation. Together they escape the Spire and journey toward the Forbidden Peaks, following ancient sanctuaries and the Mirror of the Past.Through the Echoes, Elara discovers the truth of the first Starfall: the Creator broke himself to save the world, while the first Starborn twisted his gift into a means of eternal stagnation. Now Elara carries the final fragment of that sacrifice. As she climbs toward the Throne of Falling Stars, her human identity begins to disappear beneath the Creator's power. Adrian becomes her mortal anchor, refusing to let the girl he knows vanish completely. At the edge of rebirth, Elara must decide whether to accept the Throne, end the Gods' stolen immortality, and give the broken world a chance to bloom again. Rebirth costs it all.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HH27YJBC
• ISBN13: 9798240844461
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Terilyn Wilson Ladson
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 13 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary