Some people are born under a lucky star; Aris Gray isnât one of them. Orphaned as a baby, she has struggled her entire life, but now, at 18, she hopes that going off to college will mean a new path for her.
Unfortunately, that new path begins when sheâs attacked in an alleyway by a stranger. To protect herself, Aris summons shadow powers she didnât know she had and a Constellation, a being that also grants her elemental powers.
This is Arisâ first introduction to a world sheâs never known, one filled with powerful humans called Astrals, whose abilities and Constellations are dictated by their birth stars. Astrals mostly use those powers to hunt down Dark Starsâhumans born
under evil omens who are destined to cause only pain and ruin.
It isnât long until Aris learns she is an oddity in this world: shadow powers are common to Dark Stars, but her elemental abilities and Constellation mean sheâs also an Astralâsomething that should be impossible. As Aris is pulled deeper into
this new world, she soon discovers that the ages old tale of âgoodâ Astrals versus âevilâ Dark Stars is not what it appears to be, and must find out her own unique position as one who straddles both sides.