The Core Within Us
The Rupture Bell tears through Mira Graven’s ordinary morning. The earth splits open, a monstrous Hollow crawls into her street, and something buried inside her answers. During her Core Evaluation, Mira....
The Rupture Bell tears through Mira Graven’s ordinary morning. The earth splits open, a monstrous Hollow crawls into her street, and something buried inside her answers. During her Core Evaluation, Mira awakens a power no one can classify. The crowd sees a miracle. Her parents recognize something they hoped would stay hidden. At Asterion Academy, students train to rise through the ranks and survive the creatures emerging from beneath their world. Mira wants to grow strong enough to stand beside her new friends. But her Core has a voice of its own—and an appetite for power. Mira can see the threads that shape magic. As she learns to change them, her abilities begin affecting the people closest to her. Ancient devices respond to her touch. Unfamiliar writing spreads across her skin. And the Hollows begin singling her out. Her power is tied to the wounded heart of the planet and a System the world has forgotten. Mira may be able to awaken it for others. But once people discover what she can give them, who will let her choose?