Be bright, but see the dark. If you cannot perceive the darkness around you, you may become it.
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A novel of speculative literary fiction, balancing pulse-pounding action, intimate romance, and the darkest corners of the human experience. It reads like a myth–sci-fi visionary convincing Dostoevsky and Rowling to co-write a thriller. The story borrows the vocabulary of Gnostic myth, criticizes its doctrine, and blends knowledge and freedom with the healing power of love—opening space for a world worth redeeming. It unearths the deepest layers of manipulation and reveals how persistent darkness becomes when it hides behind authority. It does not glorify rebellion for its own sake, nor invert good and evil—it asks what true freedom costs, and who ultimately pays.
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