System of Balance

SYSTEM OF BALANCE In a world where magic is a currency and all power comes with a price, a farmer named Silas finds a celestial child, Jekai, fallen in a crash of violet fire. This boy is not a miracle, but a living, breathing paradox—a System of Balance made flesh. Jekai’s power is immense, but it is borrowed. For every moment of god-like strength, a crushing debt must be paid: a Reversion that steals his mobility, his consciousness, or even his very form. He is trapped in a brutal cycle: Borrow. Crash. Recover. Grow. With the authoritarian Crimson Order hunting them for the secret he contains, Silas becomes an unlikely guardian, dragging his rigid, stone-sleep ward through wilderness and danger. As they flee, they discover Jekai is aging with every cycle, accelerating from infant to teenager. They are joined by Tina, a sharp-witted survivor with a hidden gift, and Kaida, a disgraced warrior who teaches Jekai to fight without the System’s crutch. Together, this found family navigates a land of merciless city-states, ancient ruins, and rival "Fallen" like the tormented Lazarus. Jekai must learn to wield his catastrophic power with precision, balancing the desperate needs of the present against the apocalyptic cost of the future. For he is slowly uncovering the terrifying truth of his origin: he is not a child, but a Calibration Protocol. His purpose is not to save the world, but to judge it—and his first target is the most powerful woman on the continent. System of Balance is a relentless serialized saga about sacrifice, found family, and the true cost of power. It asks: What would you sacrifice to protect what you love? And what happens when the weapon you wield is also the child you’re trying to save? Think: The Last of Us meets Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive, delivered in the addictive, episode-by-episode format of a top-tier audio drama.

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