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The Riftborn Chronicles, Book 1 of 10: Awakening the Rift (Unabridged) - Bradford Smith

By Bradford Smith

Release Date: 2025-06-27

Genre: Kids & Young Adults

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What if the mark on your skin was the key to saving—or destroying—humanity? Jace Holloway has always dreamed of escaping the crumbling town of Verrick Falls. But when a mysterious blackout leads him and his conspiracy-theorist best friend into the forbidden woods, they stumble upon something that should not exist—a Rift Pulse, an interdimensional tear where reality frays and nightmares walk. What follows is an explosion of chaos:

Jace is marked by a glowing sigil that alters his body, mind, and destiny. Machines begin hunting him. Revenants—undead husks animated by otherworldly forces—emerge from the shadows. His best friend vanishes. And Verrick Falls reveals itself as ground zero in a hidden war between mankind and forces from beyond the Rift. Now, hunted by cybernetic Hunter Units and haunted by visions from the Pale—an alternate realm between life and death—Jace is thrust into a secret resistance called the Forsaken Order. There, he learns the truth: the Rift didn’t just change him. It chose him. 

Marked by the Codex, Jace may be the Breaker who will unleash the apocalypse—or the Binder who can seal the Rift forever. With enemies on all sides and time running out, Jace must master his new powers, navigate betrayals, and descend into the Pale itself to save his missing friend—and the world—from annihilation. But every step deeper into the Rift draws him closer to a devastating truth about his father, his mark, and the fate that was written in code before he was born. 

Awakening the Rift is the thrilling first book in The Riftborn Chronicles, a 10-part saga of interdimensional war, supernatural power, and a reluctant teen hero caught in the ultimate battle between chaos and control.

The Riftborn Chronicles, Book 1 of 10: Awakening the Rift (Unabridged) - Bradford Smith

By Bradford Smith

Release Date: 2025-06-27

Genre: Kids & Young Adults

(0 ratings)
Play Full Download
What if the mark on your skin was the key to saving—or destroying—humanity? Jace Holloway has always dreamed of escaping the crumbling town of Verrick Falls. But when a mysterious blackout leads him and his conspiracy-theorist best friend into the forbidden woods, they stumble upon something that should not exist—a Rift Pulse, an interdimensional tear where reality frays and nightmares walk. What follows is an explosion of chaos:

Jace is marked by a glowing sigil that alters his body, mind, and destiny. Machines begin hunting him. Revenants—undead husks animated by otherworldly forces—emerge from the shadows. His best friend vanishes. And Verrick Falls reveals itself as ground zero in a hidden war between mankind and forces from beyond the Rift. Now, hunted by cybernetic Hunter Units and haunted by visions from the Pale—an alternate realm between life and death—Jace is thrust into a secret resistance called the Forsaken Order. There, he learns the truth: the Rift didn’t just change him. It chose him. 

Marked by the Codex, Jace may be the Breaker who will unleash the apocalypse—or the Binder who can seal the Rift forever. With enemies on all sides and time running out, Jace must master his new powers, navigate betrayals, and descend into the Pale itself to save his missing friend—and the world—from annihilation. But every step deeper into the Rift draws him closer to a devastating truth about his father, his mark, and the fate that was written in code before he was born. 

Awakening the Rift is the thrilling first book in The Riftborn Chronicles, a 10-part saga of interdimensional war, supernatural power, and a reluctant teen hero caught in the ultimate battle between chaos and control.

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