The House That Eats the Sky: A Novel of Shattered Memories

A shattered windshield. Shattered memories. Alina Vargas awakens to a life she doesn't remember, a life now inextricably tied to a crumbling farmhouse perched atop Windwhisper Hill in the perpetually fog-shrouded Aisling Valley. Left to her by a grandmother she can't recall, the house whispers secrets into the swirling mists, its hallways stretching beyond reason, its windows framing glimpses of impossible scenes.

Within its decaying walls, Alina discovers a journal penned by her grandmother, Elara Moreau, revealing a chilling legacy. Elara wasn't a loving matriarch, but a fervent devotee of the Veiled Ones, a sinister cult obsessed with eradicating human suffering through the ritualistic erasure of memory. The house itself is more than just a dwelling; it’s a conduit built upon mystical leylines, designed to amplify the cult's power and facilitate their terrifying rituals. Alina's amnesia isn’t an accident. It's a meticulously planned act of mental voiding, a desperate attempt to shield her from a terrible truth.

Guided by the enigmatic groundskeeper, Toni Gardner, Alina navigates a labyrinth of fragmented flashbacks and cryptic pronouncements. She uncovers a schism within the Veiled Ones, a bitter divide between those who seek oblivion and those dedicated to preserving the sanctity of human experience, even the painful parts. Her mother, Seraphina, emerges as a key figure in this forgotten war, a Memory Weaver fighting to protect Alina from Elara’s influence.

As the Aisling Convergence approaches—a prophesied event where the leylines reach peak power, threatening to consume the valley’s collective memory—the house intensifies its assault on Alina’s sanity. She glimpses her mother’s final, tragic confrontation with Elara, the horrifying catalyst for her own fractured mind. Alina must choose: succumb to the seductive allure of the void, erasing her pain and joining her grandmother’s legacy, or embrace the fragmented shards of her past and fight to preserve her own identity, honoring her mother's sacrifice.

With the swirling sky bleeding unnatural hues and the very foundations of reality twisting around her, Alina must confront the spectral presence of her grandmother in a psychic battle that will determine not just her own fate, but the fate of Aisling Valley itself.

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eBook: 17 grudnia 2024