A hidden war. A secret world. A power that should not exist.
Behind the surface of modern society, two supernatural nations have waged war for millennia. The Sundar, born of Life, and the Diagren, shaped by Death, battle in silence while humanity remains unaware of the powers moving just beyond its sight.
Ziya Aviur has spent his life carrying the weight of a fallen name.
As heir to one of the Honored Houses of Sundar, he should be destined for greatness. Instead, he is feared, judged, and treated like a mistake. But when Ziya, Ofelia Sachiel, Elana Barrak, and Raphael Idumea are selected as candidates for the elite Sundarian Royal Guard, their first assignment takes them far from the safety of Eden and into the hidden operations of the Regulatory Agency in Atlanta.
What begins as training quickly becomes something far more dangerous.
An attack on a Sundarian noble leads to a string of brutal murders, forbidden alchemy, and whispers of the elusive House of Noit. As the team investigates, the lines between enemy and ally begin to blur, and Ziya discovers that the power awakening inside him may not belong to the Sundar or the Diagren.
It may belong to something older.
Something darker.
Something the world was never meant to survive.
For readers who love modern fantasy, hidden worlds, supernatural investigations, ancient bloodlines, political intrigue, and power systems with devastating consequences, Anima: ZERO begins a dark fantasy saga where destiny is dangerous, power has a cost, and the truth beneath our world is far from human.
