The Fractured Soul

Bastien Sanpharo is adrift. A historian in Dublin, he’s spent years burying himself in the past, while watching his own life pass him by. But when an inexplicable pull draws him to the ancient monastic ruins of Glendalough, he stumbles upon something he was never meant to see—something that sees him in return.

Before he can make sense of it, Bastien is torn from Earth and into the world of Sylfaen, a realm where magic shapes reality, and the past is never truly gone. Here, the enigmatic Arsídh, an ageless and magical people, recognize something in him, something impossible. Some believe he holds the key to restoring their lost prince. Others see an opportunity to shift the balance of power in a world on the edge of upheaval.

As factions vie for control over his fate, Bastien is forced to confront a chilling possibility: his life may have never been his own to begin with.

With the fate of Sylfaen hanging in the balance, Bastien must decide whether to fight for his own agency or surrender to a destiny written for a soul not entirely his own.

But if the past has already decided who he is… can he choose to be something more?

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The Fractured Soul is the first book in The Sylfaen Chronicles, a trilogy exploring memory, myth, and the price of identity.