Atlas of Lost Stars: The Black Mud Ballad Book I

Under the crushing iron fist of the oppressive Tricholtvalts, non-human species endure a dark, subjugated existence. Forced into poverty and slavery by human dominion and tormented by Grun tyranny, these resilient beings cling fiercely to the faint embers of their fading heritage.Then, a faint glimmer breaks through the gloom: the Black Mud Ballad, a sacred Vgoma melody borne on the whistling winds of the Red Planets. Sung by the legendary Bard, this cosmic hymn echoes across the infinite void to herald a spark of hope. In an unforgiving universe where light and dark, friend and foe, life and death are inextricably bound, the tune carries a single promise-that even in the deepest shadow, a light will rise.The Black Mud Ballad is the spellbinding first installment of the Atlas of Lost Stars series-an epic fantasy of survival, sacrifice, and the enduring power of myth.