Conclave of 13
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Oct 8 2025
Pages: 138
Weight: 0.43
Height: 0.30 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Humanity is on the brink of self-destruction. A secret council of alien leaders, the Conclave of 13, has convened at a nexus point between galaxies to decide Earth's fate. They are a fractured council, debating whether to save the human race with a technological Break or allow it to endure a Crucible of Pain to earn its own wisdom. The debate's outcome seems certain until a bombshell revelation changes everything. The planet's self-destructive nature is not entirely its own; an ancient, external force is actively suppressing humanity's capacity for unity.
The Conclave votes to grant a Conditional Intervention-a limited, two-generation Gift of Time to allow humanity a fair fight. But the gift isn't for everyone. The Conclave's wisdom is downloaded into a single, unlikely human vessel: Elara Vance, a cynical, eighteen-year-old girl who feels utterly disconnected from her dying world.
The debate is over, but Elara's mission has just begun. She must convince a fragmented species to unite against an invisible enemy before her two generations of borrowed time run out. Elara must find a way to make her people believe in a hope they've never truly felt, and in doing so, prove that humanity is worth saving.
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