Looking for Alitheia

This story is reminiscent of classic fantasy tales about self-discovery, uncovering secrets, and finding love. But nothing will be quite as simple or predictable as it seems. After all, real life has no clear-cut heroes or villains — people are complicated, shaped by their own beliefs, experiences, and convictions. The same is true of this book. As the characters face new challenges, different sides of them will gradually come to light, while seemingly familiar tropes will turn out to be something else entirely.

                                                            What this book about
For as long as she can remember, seventeen-year-old Kira has been haunted by the same dream: a snow-covered forest, a desperate search for something just beyond reach, and a stag with magnificent antlers resembling the branches of an ancient oak. Sometimes the dream spills into reality, becoming vivid waking visions. Kira hears the crunch of snow beneath her feet, feels the touch of branches against her skin, and the sting of icy air on her face. For years, she has feared that she might be losing her mind.

Until one day, a messenger from a hidden world of mages arrives with an astonishing revelation: Kira is the Chosen One, a mage born in the human world only once every three hundred years. According to prophecy, she is destined to restore magic to Earth.

Brought to the magical kingdom of Mariastad, Kira hopes to finally find answers and a place where she truly belongs. Instead, she discovers a society divided by inequality, where a person's worth is determined by the amount of magic they possess and the status of the family they were born into. As she learns to master her abilities, she finds support in Dmitry, the heir to the throne, and Ignis Treit, a Keeper.

But the deeper Kira is drawn into the world of mages, the more she begins to question everything she has been told. The prophecy clearly hides part of the truth, and some of the most powerful mages seem far more interested in controlling her than helping her fulfill her destiny.

If she truly is the Chosen One, why is the truth being hidden from her?

And if the prophecy is a lie... who is she really?

A story about magic, self-discovery, friendship, first love, and the secrets hidden beneath a thousand years of history.