Song of Sophangence

Book # 1

 In a world where the strength of a person’s elemental attunement often equates to status and fame, Anaar Vorpahl has done everything he possibly can to hide his strength. Inherently private and secretive, he has now enrolled in the most elite institution of higher learning in the world, Sophangence. A combat focused college for the cultivation of American citizens with amazing potential, Sophangence offers its students an experience with luxuries most have never been able to dream of. These exceptional young adults often become major players in the furtive human arms race between the countries of the world as they navigate relationships under the Affinity System that openly oppresses more than half the population on the planet. Centuries ahead in terms of technology and ideology, Sophangence stands as an almost wholly independent entity on American soil. Anaar is thrown headfirst into the next six years of his life at Sophangence, where he will meet other exceptional youth like himself, and learn what it means to be a student at the most premier academy in the world. 

 Book # 2

 Everyone wants power, until it destroys everything they know and love.

Anaar Vorpahl has lived his entire life hiding from this power that threatens everything. Enshrouded in a world of secrecy, it has been his only blanket of safety, until now that is. His hand forced, he must now choose very carefully who he will let into the whirlpool that is his life. Not only must they be trustworthy enough to keep his secrets, they must be strong enough to survive the danger it puts them in. Can he really endanger the lives of those he cares about the most? He has no other option as circumstances have become dire and he can no longer survive on his own.

In an attempt to return his life back to normalcy, he works with these newfound confidants to ensure he is never put into a situation where he is not given a choice but to embroil them in the darkness that is his secrets. For those he can continue to protect by allowing them to stay blissfully ignorant to his trials, he will do everything in his power help them grow, without placing them into potentially volatile situations.  

Book # 3

 Anaar Vorpahl’s rather simplistic life has steadily become more and more complex since enrolling in Sophangence. Despite his already quite drastic changes, he finds himself faced with even greater explorations into his life and his past as he struggles with what he has become and who he wants to be. Anaar’s next journey will take him far deeper into his identity than he has ever gone before. With all the specters angrily bearing down on him, will he find a way to make it out unscathed, or will everything he knows be obliterated?

Book # 4 

Everything Anaar thought he knew about life has just been completely shattered. From the disturbing truth he has learned about his family, to what he knows about the world, he is left in a state where he must start from the beginning. The struggles he had been facing were only the tip of the iceberg and he is finding out the hard way that sometimes wishes can come true but they are not what he had expected. Attempting to pick up the pieces of his life and everything that he held dear, he does his best to refocus his life on his schoolwork and the relationships he has built. Unfortunately for him, the relationship he wanted the most might be coming back to haunt him in the most agonizing way. 

Anaar had always known that his ‘normal’ was at best abnormal. With everything he had to do in order to learn more about his family he was left broken and scarred. Once again, his life has been shattered and it has changed forever. Trying to pick up the pieces, he puts forth all the effort can in reclaiming some sense of normalcy. Together with the help of his friends and loved ones, he will move into a new chapter of his life that he can only hope will allow him some peace.