A Particular Boy Among Air Particles

How does one discover a magic system? Perhaps it's in the air a person breathes, if that person is as curious as a sixteen-year-old boy who explored the world by reading books in his wardrobe.

For most of his life, Cielo's only view of the world came from the books he read inside his wardrobe. A closeted noble heir expected to inherit a future chosen for him, he has long dreamed of seeing what lies beyond the borders of his homeland. When unexplained tremors begin spreading across his ever-so-stable world called The Shell, a journal written by a dead explorer suggests the answers may lie beyond the sea, toward Ruin: a peculiar continent so out of place that no one understands why it exists at all. Determined to investigate, Cielo escapes home and embarks on a voyage where a handsome yet enigmatic traveler named O.G. unfathomably appears aboard his boat, completely dry after emerging from the open sea. The farther Cielo travels, the more he realizes that the world's greatest mysteries may be tied to secrets hidden within the air itself, and the more he asks himself: who The Shell is O.G.?

Whatever happens, do not miss Chapter 48.

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A Particular Boy Among Air Particles is a fantasy adventure with a heart, a slow-burn mystery for readers who enjoy unraveling discoveries piece by piece while following a young man searching for his place in a wider world. The curious will be rewarded. 

The novel combines the sense of wonder and discovery found in Brandon Sanderson's Tress of the Emerald Sea with the gradual unveiling of larger truths reminiscent of Mistborn, while carrying some of the understated emotional tension present in T.J. Klune's The House in the Cerulean Sea. Readers may also recognize influences from Avatar: The Last Airbender and Xenoblade Chroniclesin the worldbuilding.

Story by Irvin Embalsado

Cover Illustration by Ali R.

Map Illustration by Anita Kusnaeni