Starlight Before the Fall
Discover S. Mannes’ debut novel, and first novel in the Starlight Saga.
On the planet Yari, eighteen-year-old Princess Zathar lives a life of royal duty under a lilac, crimson-ringed sky. Her only true escape is the telepathic bond she shares with her best friend, Xan. This connection is legendary: it marks them as soulmates. But Zathar sees Xan as a partner-in-crime, not a partner-in-life, and she’s desperate to choose her own path.
When a catastrophic meteor shower threatens to tear Yari’s fragile peace apart, Zathar is thrust into the orbit of the enigmatic Kaz, and the lines of destiny are blurred. Thrilling, uncertain, and utterly forbidden, Kaz promises Zathar the exhilarating freedom she craves, igniting an explosive attraction that challenges the foundation of her world.
She must choose between the safe, quiet love of a soulmate and the terrifying pull of a dangerous magnetic stranger. But on Yari, love isn’t just destiny—it’s a weapon. And some love stories can bring a star-crossed kingdom crashing down.
Echoes of Starlight
Book Two of the Starlight Saga
Coming soon
Seventeen years of haunting, impossible dreams. One face she can’t quite reach. And a reality that is starting to fracture.
For as long as she can remember, Kendra’s nights have been consumed by the same vivid, jarring dream: a life on a world with violet skies and red-ringed horizons, where laughter turns to terror in a heartbeat. But lately, the dream is changing—it’s getting clearer, the danger feels more immediate, and the blurred face of the boy she meets there is starting to look startlingly real.
Kendra is desperate for a normal life, but exhaustion and high school drama are the least of her problems. When she finally attempts a guided sleep meditation to quiet her mind, she is catapulted into a vivid, waking experience that defies explanation.
As the boundaries between her waking life and her memories begin to blur, Kendra realizes that the past isn’t just haunting her—it’s trying to find its way back. And she might be the only one who can keep it from being destroyed all over again.
In a world of secrets, the truth is just one dream away.
S. Mannes 