He Came from Below

Rowan Vale disappeared from school for ten days. For him, it was more than a decade. Now he's back in his seventeen-year-old body, with memories he can't explain, alchemy that shouldn't work on Earth, and an uncle whose death looks nothing like a coincidence. He wants another chance at an ordinary life. Pass physics. Survive football practice. Figure out why the girl who tutors him keeps getting tangled up in the supernatural. But the city is changing. Empty shopping districts conceal impossible creatures. Ordinary people are awakening to powers their bodies cannot survive. And someone is willing to destroy far more than Rowan's home to make sure he never inherits what his uncle left behind. In daylight, he's a student struggling to catch up. After dark, a white mask hides the face of someone who has already survived another world. He couldn't save everyone there. This time, the people he cares about are within reach. An urban fantasy featuring a returning survivor rebuilding his strength through alchemy, supernatural mysteries, a secret identity, school life, and a slow-burn romance subplot.