by S.A. Perchez

Book 1 of 1: The Aberration Cycle

Releases: June 5, 2026

Includes: Signed bookplate, and bookmark

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She was never meant to escape. There is no plan or safety. Only a power she doesn't understand and the certainty she's still being hunted.

The forest was meant to hide her. Instead it leads her to something far more dangerous—a man with secrets of his own. And a truth about what she is that could change everything.

She survived. That doesn't mean she's safe.

Celeste is running for her life.

She escaped captivity with nothing but stolen clothes, a power she doesn’t understand—and blood still fresh on her hands.

She’s the only one who made it out.

Now she’s alone. The bounty hunters tracking her were trained for this, and they won’t stop until she’s back in chains. With nowhere else to turn, she disappears into the forest.

She didn’t expect to find him. Or to need him.

Artemis lives alone for a reason. Quiet. Capable. More dangerous than he lets on. He knows the wilds—but it’s the way he moves through them that sets him apart. Like he’s been hunted before and survived.

Under his reluctant guidance, Celeste begins to uncover the truth of what she is… while glimpsing a power in Artemis that was never meant to be known.

What begins as necessity becomes something harder to ignore—something neither planned, and neither can let go.

People like them aren’t meant to live freely.

Those with power are hunted, taken, or erased.

And now that she’s been seen, running won’t save her.

As the hunt closes in, Celeste must decide—keep running, or turn back and fight for the ones she left behind.

Because survival is only the first step.