The Bell: Embrace Your Essence

About this book

In a world where people are no longer measured by what they own but by what they are prepared to lose, and while the "human kingdom" drowns in the clamor of false desires, a thick, heavy voice echoes from the depths of the misty forest to upend the scales of existence. It is "the bell"; the voice of the Oracle, unheard for centuries, proclaiming that the time of trial has come. Within the cold walls of the palace, Princess Iria feels the bitterness of marginalization; she is the warrior whom her father the king sees only as a shadow, and the heir whose frivolous brother stripped of her right merely because he was born male. Iria sets out on a perilous journey toward the heart of the forest, not seeking survival, but coveting the "absolute power" that would compel the world to bow to her name. But she does not go alone; she is accompanied by Laith, the loyal leader who sees in her what no one else sees, and her friend Mara, who hides behind her anxiety fires of another kind. And on the edge of that forest stands Nour, the young man shaped by solitude like clear water.