House of Earth and Blood: Crescent City, Book 1
Sarah J. Maas
by TJ Klune
In the idyllic, mid-century town of Amorea, life is defined by quiet perfection. Mike spends his days running a cherished bookstore and sharing longing glances with Sean, a waiter whose devotion makes the town feel like a sanctuary. To all appearances, Amorea is a paradise of sun-drenched streets and predictable joy.
Yet, beneath the surface, the reality of their existence begins to fracture. Mike notices the impossible: the absence of families, the eerie silence of those who wander toward the mountains, and the shifting details of a reality that refuses to remain static. When an uncanny storm of starlings descends upon the town, the thin veil of perfection tears open, forcing Mike to confront the terrifying possibility that his identity is a fabrication.
As suppressed memories of a different life bleed into his present, the boundaries between his reality and a hidden nightmare blur. Caught in a race against a encroaching darkness, Mike must navigate his fraying sanity to protect the man he loves. In a place where nothing is what it seems, Mike discovers that even in a manufactured world, the bond he shares with Sean is the only thing worth fighting for—no matter the cost.
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