The lie smelled like home, and for twenty years, Leo Riven breathed it in. But on his twentieth birthday, the sweet illusion rotted. A monster of pure malice invaded his home, and the family he loved flickered like a dying light, revealing the hollow puppets beneath. In a final, desperate act, his sister's sacrifice didn't just awaken a power within him—it uncaged something terrible, a fire fueled by a lifetime of stolen love and soul-shattering grief. Now, he is a 'Lucid,' and the truth is a nightmare. He sees the monsters—the 'Echoes'—born from humanity's pain, and the cold-blooded 'Zodiac Council' that hides their existence. Both sides want him. One wants to devour his power, the other wants to chain his soul. A fugitive with a target on his back, his only allies are a razor's edge: a cynical mentor with a death wish, and a beautiful Council enforcer whose job is to bring him in, dead or alive. Every ally is a potential betrayer, and every choice could be his last. They shattered his reality and took his family. Now, Leo must master the terrifying power they unleashed. Will he burn their world of lies to the ground, or will he become the monster they created?