The Bedrock Gate (Broken Vessel, Book 1)

by Alex Aili

Overview

17-year-old Ander Barr knows the truth about his uncle. He's not the upstanding landlord everyone thinks he is. He's a criminal who considers invasion of privacy to be his right.

Ander is bound by secrecy because his childhood crush, Mera, lives in one of his uncle's rentals. For him to expose the truth would destroy his family's reputation and taint himself in Mera's eyes. But when Mera goes missing, kidnapped by a known offender, Ander is offered a chance at justice. His scheme, however, doesn't go as planned.

Here begins the tale of Ander Barr, an unremarkable teenager caught between a despicable secret and unwanted shame. He did not expect that everything in his life-his uncle's corruption, his mother's strange illness, and his reclusive neighbor's mysterious machine-would combine to sweep him into another world where he must learn to confront monsters, gods, and himself.

The Bedrock Gate, book one of the Broken Vessel series, is a coming-of-age story filled with grit, grime and hope for those burdened by unwanted darkness.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798992014136
Publisher:	Lohr Creations
Publication date:	03/05/2025
Series:	Broken Vessel , #1
Pages:	542
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.38(d)

About the Author

Alex Aili is obsessed with words. His blood runs with coffee. Pipe tobacco smoke swirls about him. And his mind constantly wanders into other worlds.

The love of the outdoors was instilled in him at a young age. The world seemed alive to his young mind. This fostered an imagination that continues to this day.

He is always in pursuit of stories, especially stories done well. He hopes he can contribute such stories of his own.

He enjoys life in MN, where he is enraptured with his wife, Jacinda. Three valiant sons and one radiant daughter overwhelm him with joyous bustle. His family truly makes life more alive.