When the stars vanish from the sky in a single terrifying night, seventeen-year-old Elian Vale discovers that everything his kingdom believes about the heavens is a lie.

Hidden inside the abandoned observatory of his missing father is a forbidden journal containing one impossible warning:

When the final star disappears, go beneath the mountain. Do not trust the king.

Guided by Lyra, a mysterious silver-haired swordswoman with secrets of her own, Elian journeys beneath Mount Vaelor and discovers Nhalor—an ancient city built by beings from another world. There, he learns the truth: the stars were never simply lights in the sky.

They were prisons.

For thousands of years, ancient creatures known as the Vorath have been trapped inside them, while the rulers of Avelorn secretly harvested their power. Now King Aldren has pushed that power too far, shattering the barrier that protects the world and unleashing something humanity was never meant to control.

But the deeper Elian descends into the forgotten city, the less certain the truth becomes.

The monsters may not have started the war.

The heroes of the past may have been jailers.

And Elian's own blood may be the key to an ancient machine capable of saving the world—or condemning him to guard it forever.

Faced with a dying kingdom, a corrupted king, a lost father, and a prisoner older than human history, Elian must decide what matters more:

survival at any cost... or breaking a cycle of fear that has lasted thousands of years.

The Kingdom That Forgot the Stars is an epic fantasy adventure filled with ancient civilizations, forbidden magic, cosmic mysteries, dark creatures, family secrets, sacrifice, and a struggle for freedom in a world where even the stars cannot be trusted.