Child of the Inner Sun

A Semele Myth — An Songs of the Dyson Swarm

Child of the Inner Sun
Songs of the Dyson Swarm
A mortal princess steals a god’s promise—and learns that eternity has terms and conditions.
Book Blurb
On the Dyson-swarm plate of Aeolis, a royal wedding shatters when the sky tears open and a living eagle of lightning—avatar of Altair, the Sky-King—carries Princess Seren into the inner heavens. To save his city from panic, King Magnus declares the abduction divine favor. To heal a human heart, Seren’s sister Inara turns toward Prince Theron. And high above, Vega—queen of marriage and sovereign of appearances—vows a measured revenge that will obey every law while breaking every heart it must.
Altair’s hidden sanctuary is paradise engineered: sentinel dragons, singing drones, and sunsets held in place by orbital mirrors. There he promises Seren “endless days,” but never says forever. When prophecy whispers, Lightning sown in flesh… A new star shall rise, desire and fear braid into a single, perilous demand. With the Sleeper-god’s aid, Vega steals a sister’s face, slips past dragons, and plants one fatal idea: bind the Sky-King with a Source-oath—and make him unveil his true form.
At dusk beneath a western oak, love collides with physics, oath with pride, and a revelation will either crown Seren or consume her. Child of the Inner Sun launches Songs of the Dyson Swarm, a myth-tech saga where miracles are systems wearing liturgy—and even gods must answer the oldest law.