A Living Lie

Akio Sekishiro is a fraud.The world sees a rising hero, a cadet on the front lines of Aurelia’s war against demons and the Verthasis rebels. They see a sixteen-year old boy of boundless goodness and unwavering idealism. They are wrong.Akio's "goodness" is a performance. His mercy is a mask for instability. And the harder the missions become, the faster his carefully constructed foundation begins to crumble. Alongside his friend Kai, who carries his own silent burdens, Akio must survive a world that refuses to cooperate with his beliefs.When the mask finally slips, Akio is left with a terrifying realization: the lie he’s been living might be the only thing keeping him alive.In a world of monsters and war, do you need to deserve life to keep living it?