A Banner Torn (Book 1 Complete)

What if the moment you touched something impossible, you stopped being entirely human? Nine-year-old Kaelid thought the glowing pool in the forest was just another childhood adventure—until the translucent creature living in it gave him and his best friend Rannek fragments of its crystalline heart. Now they can see in perfect darkness, sense things that shouldn't exist, and project floating displays of information that look suspiciously like something from a fever dream. But the real shock isn't what they're becoming. It's discovering that powerful people have been watching, waiting, and planning to use children like them as weapons in a war that officially ended decades ago. The Praxis Inquisitors smile when they say "strategic asset." The Duke collects enhanced individuals like exotic pets. And somewhere in the capital, politicians are moving pieces on a board where Kaelid and Rannek have just become the most valuable—and most hunted—players in the game. The adults lied about everything. The war never ended—it just learned to hide better. The monsters from the old stories aren't myths, they're refugees. And that "slime" in the forest? It remembers when dragonkin ruled desert empires and humans were barely more than clever animals. Every adult in Aldermere carries scars from battles they won't discuss, but the real secret isn't what happened to them during the war. It's what followed them home and has been growing stronger in the shadows ever since. Now Kaelid can see the connections between things—the way his uncle's nightmares pulse with the same energy as the core shard in his chest, how his mother's grief creates visible ripples in the air, why the baby mimic disguised as an ancient journal has been learning to copy human consciousness patterns. The village isn't a refuge from the wider world's dangers. It's ground zero for something that's about to change everything. They're not the only ones who've been enhanced. In the capital's gleaming towers, other children display their abilities for men in expensive robes who speak of "development potential" and "consciousness resonance." In hidden laboratories, crystalline spiders scream with trapped awareness while researchers take notes. And in the eastern forests where the war supposedly ended, something vast and patient has been watching two boys learn to see beyond human perception, waiting for them to become strong enough to serve its purpose. Kaelid and Rannek think they're learning to control their new abilities, but every status display they create, every scanning pulse they generate, every moment of enhanced perception brings them closer to a truth that will shatter their understanding of reality itself. The question isn't whether they'll survive what's coming. It's whether they'll still be recognizably human when they do. The game has noticed them. And in this game, the pieces that refuse to be moved get removed from the board.

A Banner Torn (Book 1 Complete) novel is a popular light novel covering Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Supernatural genres. Written by the Author JWoodrell . Read A Banner Torn (Book 1 Complete) novel online for free.