Olious

They told him the walls were built for protection.
Olious knew better. They were built to keep things in.
Raised behind the four walls of Levorin, Olious has never known freedom-only the heavy weight of the Outer World that expects nothing of him. When longing pulls him from the safety of his father's kingdom, he steps beyond the gates into a world far different from what he once believed it to be.
Beyond the walls lie lands fractured by ancient wars, where the fallen whisper, prophecy is spoken, and light and shadow twist around every choice. In the truths he uncovers and the lessons he is forced to learn, fate presses heavier than any crown.
Somewhere deep beneath the earth, in places where light does not linger, darkness-rising once more-waits to see what will be forged through suffering.
In halls of light, in roots beneath the earth, in cities walled by stone, in lands rebuilt over ash- the past is remembered differently.
Olious must decide what he is willing to become-for peace is never freely given.
"...it is only when you go to war that you long for peace, but in peace and in silence you mourn what you reap."
The world remembers what was lost.
The darkness remembers what was promised.
And destiny is not done with him yet.
Olious: Part One is a dark, epic coming-of-age fantasy-an atmospheric tale of identity, moral awakening, love and loss, and the cost of becoming-written for readers who crave sweeping worlds and quiet intensity.