PROLOGUE

While organizing rare manuscripts at a bookstore, Lucas Bayaniro discovers a hidden trapdoor beneath a heavy shelf. Descending into a vast, ancient library, he finds a glowing book filled with shifting symbols. A voice warns that only the pure of heart may read its secrets. As he deciphers the text, he unlocks wisdom from lost civilizations. By dawn, the trapdoor vanishes-but the knowledge he gained will never fade.