An immortal has been bound for millennia—not by chains, but by a curse that devours his power and memory alike. His escape hinges on a single key: a boy with a fractured soul, whose forgotten bloodline can drain the stars themselves. To the boy, he offers salvation—ascension forged in grief, betrayal, and celestial fire. But others are coming. Warriors who barter memories for knowledge and bend reality as a weapon are closing in. They believe they’re chasing a fugitive. They don’t know they’ve stepped into the mouth of a forgotten war—one older than light, one the universe itself was built to forget. Some cages were never meant to be opened. And some beasts were never meant to be freed.