Fifteen-year-old Kelsey knows how to become invisible.
At home, silence suffocates. At school, cruelty cuts deeper than words. Disappearing is easier than being seen.
Until seven minutes disappear from her life.
A strange dream finds its way into her notebook. A hidden realm begins calling her name. And beyond the Veil waits a truth Kelsey could never have imagined:
She isn’t invisible.
She is the Starbound Heir.
And an entire kingdom remembers her.
Sleeping Dragons.
Ancient Riddles.
Buried Grief.
A Fractured Kingdom.
Aetheria is a realm shaped by magic, memory, ancient bloodlines, and wounds that have never truly healed.
At its center lies the mysterious Amulet of Aeternum.
Beside Kelsey stands Alex, a guardian bound to her by a vow older than memory.
Watching over them is Jelindra, a mentor carrying secrets of her own.
And waiting in the darkness is Magnus, a sorcerer whose devastating power was born not simply from evil—but from grief left to consume everything around it.
To save Aetheria, Kelsey may have to do something far more difficult than fight.
She may have to understand.
FANTASY
FOR THE ONES
WHO WERE TOLD
TO DISAPPEAR
Kristie Nixon writes character-driven fantasy about the people who are overlooked, underestimated, wounded, and still capable of choosing compassion.
Because strength doesn’t always roar.
Sometimes it listens.
Sometimes it forgives.
Sometimes it stays soft when the world demands that it become hard.
And sometimes the quietest person in the room carries the deepest magic.
She was building worlds long before she called herself a writer.
Kristie Nixon grew up walking the streets of a small Idaho mountain town, inventing kingdoms, characters, and adventures inside her head.
Those imaginary worlds became a refuge.
Decades later, after an unconventional journey from high-school dropout to Executive MBA graduate, business professional, entrepreneur, and immersive-entertainment creator, Kristie finally returned to the story that had been waiting for her.
The Guardian and The Seeker is her debut novel.
THE GUARDIAN AND THE SEEKER
Fifteen-year-old Kelsey is used to vanishing. At home, silence suffocates. At school, cruelty cuts deeper than words.
Then seven minutes disappear.
A dream etches itself into her notebook, and Kelsey is pulled through the Veil into Aetheria.
Her greatest weapon isn’t a blade.
It’s empathy.
Coming Soon to The Guardian and The Seeker Series
The Veil has opened.
But some truths are more dangerous than the secrets hiding them.
Where Dreams Fade to Lies is complete and forthcoming.
Kelsey’s journey continues as the world of Aetheria expands, relationships deepen, and the line between what can be trusted—and what only appears true—begins to fracture.
