The Nekari Universe · Book One
The
Shining
Lands
A science-fantasy portal novel. Coming 2026.
The Nekari Universe · Book One
A science-fantasy portal novel. Coming 2026.
About the Book
Casta Tamon is a civil engineer who has spent her life searching for purpose. She is good at her job, and has built her life around being ready for anything. When a dimensional rift pulls her into Fillia, she finds a world in slow collapse: a civilization held together by faith in gods she can't feel, dependent on systems nobody fully understands, and guarded by outcasts. Nothing she has done could have prepared her for the world she finds waiting for her.
A split second decision to risk her life for another put her in the right place at the right time to change everything. All it costs is everything she has known.
Science-fantasy · Portal novel · Adult fiction
From the World of Nekari
Warden Commander
She's kept people alive in the Miasma longer than anyone should have to. She didn't ask for a civil engineer from another world.
Warden Lieutenant
Tactical, precise, and entirely aware of what she can do. She performs for an audience. She fights for something else.
Apprentice Scribe
The Temple's memory. She knows what the archives say. She's beginning to understand what they don't.
Project Log
2025 — Draft Complete
Six acts, epilogue, and bookend chapters. ~134,000 words.
Early 2026 — Revision
Full developmental and line-level passes across all acts. Character artwork commissioned.
Now — Beta & Prep
Final craft passes complete. Recruiting beta readers. Self-publishing target: 2026.
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