Cursed by the Stars
In a world ruled by the Twelve Zodiac Signs, power isn’t just inherited—it’s written in the stars.
Every year, those who wish to prove themselves are summoned to Aphelion University for the Zodiac Trials, a deadly competition where only the strongest survive—and where failure can mean more than just defeat.
Talah has spent her life under her father’s unyielding control, hidden away for reasons she’s never understood. Determined to prove her worth, she enters the Trials in secret—only to find herself thrust into a world of merciless politics, brutal tests, and whispered truths the Imperium would kill to keep buried.
Firas should not be alive. Branded a traitor and presumed dead, he slips into Aphelion under a stolen name, playing the role of mentor while waging a far more dangerous game. In truth, he is a rebel of the fractured Ambigua—Zodiacs born with more than one power, hunted to extinction by the Council. His mission is clear: uncover the secrets hidden in Aphelion’s heart and save his people from annihilation.
But when Talah’s unraveling destiny collides with Firas’ perilous mission, both are forced to confront the most dangerous choice of all. Because the closer they draw to each other, the harder it becomes to tell if their bond is the spark that will save them…or the fire that will consume them both.
Some destinies are written in starlight. Others are cursed to burn.
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In a world ruled by the Twelve Zodiac Signs, power isn’t inherited—it’s written in the stars.
Each year, competitors are summoned to Aphelion University for the Zodiac Trials, a brutal contest where victory earns glory—and failure means death. For twenty-year-old Talah bint Khalid, a life spent under her father’s suffocating control ends the moment she defies him to enter the Trials in secret. But within Aphelion’s marble halls, danger runs deeper than blades or magic. Beneath the Imperium’s polished veneer lie forbidden truths about the Ambigua—the Thirteenth Sign—and those cursed with more than one power.
Among them is Firas, a branded traitor who should be dead. Disguised as a mentor, he infiltrates the Trials to expose the Imperium’s lies and save the remnants of his people. Yet when his mission collides with Talah’s unraveling destiny, their fates intertwine in ways neither can control. As love and loyalty blur, they must decide whether their connection is the spark that will save their world—or the fire that will consume it. Because in a land where the stars choose who lives and who burns, even destiny can be rewritten.
