Aetherbound

In Aethelgard, a person's worth is determined by the power of the beast they bond with through a Soul Pact. Sixteen-year-old Kael is an Ungilded slum-dweller—one of the people society has already decided are worthless. When he enters the Sovereign Rite, he expects to fail like every Ungilded before him. Instead, something impossible answers. Kael forms a bond unlike anything Aethelgard has seen before, leaving him marked by a power no one understands and drawing the attention of those who would rather see the impossible controlled than questioned. What begins as one boy's struggle to survive soon leads Kael toward secrets buried beneath the world he thought he knew—and questions that could change everything he believes about power, worth, and the bonds between them. Book One and Book Two are complete. Book Three of the planned five-book Aetherbound saga is coming soon.