The Soma Eater
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Synopsis
In Ironhaven, every person is measured by the Pulse and assigned a place in society. When Asher Creed’s Naming Rite fails, he is branded a low-tier Cinder and thrown into the Academy’s most dangerous labor track.
But Asher is not weak. He is something the system was never meant to recognize.
While others cultivate Soma, the divine energy that powers civilization, Asher can consume it. Each time he feeds, an ancient presence named Kess awakens further inside him, revealing fragments of a forgotten world beyond Ironhaven’s walls.
As Asher struggles to hide his power, protect his Cinder Pack, and survive the deadly Ashen Canopy trial, he begins to uncover the truth: Ironhaven is not protecting humanity. It is containing it.
And the more Asher feeds, the closer he comes to becoming the weapon he was created to be.