Some people are born under a lucky star; Aris Gray isnāt 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 sheās attacked in an alleyway by a stranger. To protect herself, Aris summons shadow powers she didnāt know she had and a Constellation, a being that also grants her elemental powers.
This is Arisā first introduction to a world sheās 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 Starsāhumans born
under evil omens who are destined to cause only pain and ruin.
It isnāt 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 sheās also an Astralāsomething that should be impossible. As Aris is pulled deeper into
this new world, she soon discovers that the ages old tale of āgoodā Astrals versus āevilā Dark Stars is not what it appears to be, and must find out her own unique position as one who straddles both sides.