An ancient mask is broken, the past is waking, and Ari is running out of time.
Ari’s world changed when she encountered the Aether – a digital magic that connects the minds and memories of those who wield it. After surviving betrayal, loss, and near collapse in Threads of Aethercode, Ari thought she might finally get a moment to breathe.
She was wrong.
A shattered relic from Emport’s past has resurfaced. The mask is a powerful artifact designed to hold fragmented identities within its living code. But the mask has been broken, and its scattered threads are rewriting reality itself. When a stranger from the sky makes a desperate plea for help, Ari and her friends are pulled into a race to recover the pieces, before someone else reassembles it for something far worse.
Ari must navigate mysterious cities, rebellious cyborgs, a memory-locked puzzle, and her own growing power, as the line between friends and enemies begins to blur. With her band of misfit allies, Ari finds herself fighting not just for her own identity, but for the soul of Emport.
The Mask of Sph!nx is the thrilling second book in the Aethercode series, a genre-defying blend of techno-magic, myth, and adventure. This emotionally rich sci-fantasy dives deeper into a world where thoughts can shape cities, and memories might just rewrite the future.