Shadow Realm: Ascent
Survive the lie, or lose yourself to the truth.
Seth is sixteen, homeless, and invisible to the world. Known by a few as “the smartest kid on the streets,” he survives not through strength or schooling, but by intuition—an instinct sharpened by hunger, fear, and solitude. But even Seth couldn’t foresee The Curse—an ancient, sentient force that once claimed millions, vanished without reason, and has now returned with new prey in mind.
Dragged into the Shadow Realm, Seth awakens in a world that doesn’t follow rules—where memories lie, people are puppets, and nothing is what it seems. Here, reality itself is a weapon. The Curse doesn’t kill with claws or blades, but with illusions so real they bend minds until they break. There are no maps. No heroes. Only challenges designed to unravel you from the inside out.
But Seth is different. Not because he’s strong. Not because he’s brave. But because he refuses to believe what he sees—and in a realm built on deception, that might be the only thing that can keep him alive.
As others fall to madness, Seth must navigate a landscape of twisted games, haunted reflections, and entities that wear the faces of the people he loves. He isn’t trying to save the world. He just wants to find the truth—before the truth finds him