Florescentia

I.V. Ophelia

Book 1 of The Luminary

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Florescentia follows Lucia Fairfax, a Victorian-inspired inventor and occultist in the bioluminescent, star-worshipping city of Astraea who has built her fortune by harvesting luck from a mysterious dimension called the Otherside. When a failed ritual instead summons Altair, an ancient, shapeshifting cosmic being tied to a dying constellation, Lucia is pulled into a dangerous bargain that blurs the line between the human world and his eldritch realm. As she chases a way to reclaim what she's lost, she becomes increasingly entangled with Altair's hunger and the secrets of his world. It's a steampunk gothic romance steeped in cosmic horror, obsession, and the cost of desire.