Design

Reality is collapsing. Aetheris—the vast, living nexus binding worlds, time, and identity—is unraveling under the will of Amadeus, an architect who believes existence itself must be perfected through control. As his design nears completion, the last fragments of resistance are forced to confront a truth more terrifying than annihilation: freedom may not survive structure. Kali and her fractured allies descend into the heart of the nexus, where memory becomes weaponized, fear takes form, and identity is no longer stable. Each must face the versions of themselves that were discarded, corrupted, or left behind—and decide whether they are willing to remain whole if it means surrendering authorship of their own lives. As illusion peels away and the final design reveals itself, the question is no longer how to win—but whether winning is possible without becoming the thing they are fighting. Design is the final volume in the Bloom Trilogy, a dark science-fantasy epic about agency, recursion, and the cost of creation. Blending cosmic horror, psychological warfare, and philosophical speculation, it delivers a brutal and deliberate conclusion to a story about worlds that refuse to end—and people who refuse to be owned by them.