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Why are we bound to the ground?

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BOOK COVER REVEAL

Dear reader,

It is time I make my confession. We all behaved differently in the time of the Shadow, and I am not proud of what I did. The world itself was also different in the time of the Shadow. Most people alive do not remember this time, though it only came to an end last year and began centuries ago. The Shadow once towered taller than any skyscraper, higher than any airplane could have flown. It was an abyss; it encompassed the city of Acheron and covered, we believed, the rest of the world, though no one who had entered the Shadow had ever returned to describe its insides. In a city where one's Gift determined one's place, my Gift put me at the very bottom of the mountain city. You see, my "Gift" was not useful to anyone. In fact, it inflicted pain on whoever approached me, and so no one wanted to be my friend. I was all alone, reader, with only the stars for company in the abandoned cathedral, though even the stars hid from my sight. They hid from everyone. Or maybe everyone hid from them…

My actions in the time of the Shadow were selfish and foolish, and I am here to tell my story. All will be brought to light. Even the Shadow.

Your friend,

Lucia Sanctum

SANCTVM Book One coming Fall 2020.

Stay tuned tomorrow morning for my first vlog!

Thanks to artist Brellias for creating this amazing piece of 3D render cover art! 💜

Check out his other amazing art at

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𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒆𝒆, 𝒎𝒚 𝑮𝒊𝒇𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍. 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒚𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐, 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒎𝒆. 𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 "𝑮𝒊𝒇𝒕." 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑨𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝑮𝒊𝒇𝒕, 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒐𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒄. 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝑮𝒊𝒇𝒕 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒔, 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏.

-Excerpt from "SANCTVM," my memoir.

I've been lonely most of my life, reader. It always seemed to be my curse, a bane placed on me at a very young age. I always believed the stars would take this "Gift" away from me if I begged them long enough, if I prayed to them faithfully enough. Reader, is there something in your life⁠—maybe a relationship, an illness, a responsibility, or just a sad fact⁠—that would leave you happy and complete if only it were gone?

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𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒈𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒖𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒕. 𝑰𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔, 𝑰 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒖𝒏𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒅...𝑩𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕’𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒌𝒚𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒏, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒅𝒊𝒓𝒕 𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕. 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔, 𝒊𝒏𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔, 𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒖𝒏, 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝒂 𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒃𝒐𝒘 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓. 𝑨𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒏, 𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒄, 𝒂 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒖𝒙𝒖𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆.... 𝑨𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒏’𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒓. 𝑰𝒕𝒔 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒓. 𝑰𝒕𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈.

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕....

-Excerpt from "SANCTVM" Book One.

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What are you building for yourself in this life, reader? What do you invest your whole soul into? When I lived in Acheron, many invested themselves into the Materialist's new kingdom, but even with all its luxury and light, it could not outshine the stars forever...

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𝑬𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒖𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔. 𝑾𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒖𝒔.

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𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓, 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅. 𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆... 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆.

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It is only natural to look for answers, to wonder about the truths of the universe. How can we trust ourselves, reader, to determine what is true and what we wish were true?