No Stars in Elysium: Heaven Isn't What You Remember

Owen wakes in a world too perfect to question—an endless meadow beneath a golden sky, a quiet sea at his doorstep, and a guide named Mara who assures him he is finally home. Here, time has no urgency, memories return only “when they’re ready,” and nothing ever truly changes.

But the stillness carries its own weight. Subtle distortions creep into Owen’s days: rooms that shift in size, a sky that alters color without warning, an orchard where the fruit never ripens. Strangers appear and vanish without explanation, leaving behind cryptic warnings and objects that feel both alien and familiar.

As Owen searches for meaning in this flawless, unchanging place, he begins to sense an undercurrent of control—something that decides what he can see, what he can remember, and what he is allowed to know. Every question threatens to unmake the calm he’s been given, yet every answer leads to a deeper disquiet.

The closer Owen gets to understanding the truth, the more he is forced to confront an unbearable choice: preserve the peace he’s been offered, or tear it apart to reclaim what was taken from him.

In a world where forgetting might be the only way to survive, how much of yourself are you willing to lose in order to remember?

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Release date

Ebook: 9 August 2025