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ATLAS LAIKA

they ✶ genderflux ✶ queer

Aurethia Rising

Two centuries ago, House Henly of Aurethia and House Volkov of Griea penned an engagement, promising a union between rival houses and their respective homeworlds.Elio Henly has been preparing for marriage his entire life. As the Henly heir and future steward of Aurethia, he will inherit great power, including control of a lucrative trade route, and ownership of the most precious substance in the Greater Universe — Avara. The mysterious blue crystal native to Aurethia is the sole treatment for parsec sickness, an epidemic ravaging space travelers within the Greater Universe. But when he meets Cael Volkov, the charming heir of the outfitted military planet, Griea, everything he thought he knew about his homeworld, his family, and his heart is turned upside down.Cael Volkov has been raised to conquer. Champion in the Tupinaire, commander of the Royal Reserve, and son to the mighty Legatus, Cael knows his mission is simple: gain the Aurethian heir’s trust, learn everything he can about the forest moon, and prepare to take it by force. But the longer he spends with Elio Henly, the quiet, brilliant Aurethian prince, the more he questions everything he was taught, and begins to push back against the rhetoric seeded in him by a lust for vengeance.Aurethia Rising is an Achillean Space Opera with a happily ever after promise. Content warnings are available inside the novel.

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May 6, 2025
ISBN 9798230376330


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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

By day, Atlas works at a non-profit designed to bridge the agricultural gap between sustainable farming and neighborhood access to homegrown food. They’re passionate about cooking, even though they’re not very handy in the kitchen, and spend their evenings writing about space travel, star dust, sword fights, and smooching.