<p></p><p>For twelve-year-old Preethi life has always felt like a terrible simulation. Plagued by sensory panic attacks that turn the world into a vibrating grid of digital glitches she survives by clinging to the small anchors of her normal life in California-and her mother's brass oil lamp a lone remnant of the cultural heritage left behind. She convinces herself she just needs to awaken from the game to find where she truly belongs.</p><p>But when a desperate escape attempt rips open the fabric of her reality Preethi doesn't wake up in a simulation. She falls through the veil.</p><p>Welcome to Aardisahl: a breath-taking magical academy rooted in rich mythological depth and complex architecture. But Aardisahl isn't light-years away in another dimension. It occupies the same physical space as Earth stacked directly beneath the dense foggy peaks of Mt. Madonna.</p><p>As Preethi is drawn into this dazzling new world she faces elite rivals and shifting alliances.</p><p>To uncover the truth of who she is and find her real family Preethi must navigate a deadly maze of cosmic secrets.</p>