It is said in the Libro Sanctus, the holy book of the Templo, that TAO and TIMBER were AEON’s gift to mankind—power enough to conquer the land and raise kingdoms that endure for millennia.

  In the forgotten frontier town of Radom, six-year-old Nerion lives far from such divine decrees. Raised in an orphanage by a fallen Saint named Mikael, he grows amid discipline, hardship, and a fragile peace carved out at the edge of war.

  That peace shatters when a noble envoy arrives, carrying a plot of political murder tied to the escalating conflict between Ansara and Rhodar. What should have been a passing danger becomes catastrophe when a discovery near the orphanage draws the attention of forces far greater than a border town can withstand.

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  As tension grips the frontier, Nerion and his found family learn that peace is often a luxury reserved for those willing to look away—and that waiting carries its own price. When adults hesitate and institutions protect their own balance, even a child may be forced to choose.

  Children of the Orphanage opens an epic saga of found family, hidden power, and the quiet defiance that begins when someone decides the world’s laws are no longer just.