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Lyra Ashveil has spent her whole life hiding what she can do — and trying not to become her father.

Elias Ashveil was a brilliant man who ended in disgrace, a cautionary tale whispered through their village. Lyra has no interest in his legacy. Until she finds his hidden study, his unsent letter, and a map leading into the most dangerous region in the world.

Someone is already hunting for what he left behind.

Joined by her fiercely loyal best friend Sable and a guarded, gifted young Threadweaver named Rylan, Lyra follows the map into the Unraveling — a landscape of shattered magic and impossible beauty — in search of an artifact that could change the balance of power across Aerthos forever.

But the most dangerous person in her path isn't a soldier. He's a scholar who knew her father. And he says exactly the right things.

The Aetherium Lens is a YA fantasy about chosen family, inherited shadows, and what it means to see the world differently — and choose to share it.