A story incubating–fermenting–for over 15 years, The Bedrock Gate (Broken Vessel, Book 1) is the debut novel of Alex Aili.
Synopsis:
17-year-old Ander Barr knows the truth about his uncle. He’s not the upstanding landlord everyone thinks he is. He’s a criminal who considers invasion of privacy to be his right.
Ander is bound by secrecy because his childhood crush, Mera, lives in one of his uncle’s rentals. For him to expose the truth would destroy his family’s reputation and taint himself in Mera’s eyes.
But when Mera goes missing, kidnapped by a known offender, Ander is offered a chance at justice. His plan, however, doesn’t go as planned…
Thus begins the tale of Ander Barr, an unremarkable teenager caught between a despicable secret and unwanted shame. He did not expect that everything in his life–his uncle’s perversions, his mother’s strange illness, and his reclusive neighbor’s mysterious machine–would combine to sweep him into another world where he must learn to confront monsters, gods and his own brokenness.
Introducing The Bedrock Gate, volume one of the Broken Vessel series. This coming-of-age saga, where a boy finds himself in a man’s world, offers hope for those burdened by darkness.