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Down to the Core

A Fantasy Series for the Soulfully Untamed

Based on a true story.

Enter a world where elemental power is tied to the body’s deepest truths—and the greatest battles are often waged within.

Told through the raw and vivid perspective of Leit’ (Lay-ee), a fierce young woman navigating heartbreak, legacy, and rising power, Down to the Core is an immersive adult fantasy series that dares to explore the human condition through the sacred architecture of a seven-region world aligned with the body’s energy centers.

After enlisting in the Legione—the military force protecting elemental sovereignty—Leit’ is thrust into the brutal and beautiful process of becoming. Through warrior trials, soul-rending dreams, betrayals, sensual awakenings, and unexpected sisterhood, she begins to unravel the truth not only about the land’s ancient war with the shadowy Dissonant Veil… but about herself.

What begins as a personal escape quickly transforms into a spiritual reckoning.

This is not just a war for survival.
It’s a fight to remember who she truly is.

For readers of Blood and Ash, Fourth Wing, and The Poppy War, this is a gripping, atmospheric journey of reclamation—one that blends elemental magic, layered world-building, and psychological depth with the ache of self-discovery, healing, and forbidden love.

Are you ready to awaken?

  • Slow Burn Romance

  • Spice & Heartbreak

  • History & Lore

  • War & Battles

  • Lyrical & Poetic

Series Themes

  • The journey of remembering who you are beyond conditioning, pain, and expectation.

  • What happens when pain is buried instead of processed—and how power blooms when truth is faced.

  • The brutal, beautiful path of breaking and rebuilding—physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

  • Navigating personal and institutional betrayal, and learning how to protect what matters.

  • From societal mistrust to sisterhood, from abandonment to authority—Leit’s path mirrors the collective feminine rising.

  • A fantasy reflection of how the body stores wisdom, power, and trauma—told through elemental training, dreams, and battle.

  • Embodied by the Dissonant Veil’s desire to control, and the land’s deep knowing rooted in elemental harmony.

  • The evolution of love—from toxic attachment to sacred partnership, as Leit’ learns to choose herself.

  • The tension between obligation to a system and the deeper pull of one’s soul purpose.

  • The inherited strength—and shadow—of bloodlines, and the reclamation of what was lost.

  • Trust forged in survival. Love without condition. Bonds that defy war.

  • A metaphor for internal alignment—when regions (chakras) are out of balance, the land suffers. So do we.

  • The reclaiming of the sensual body after betrayal, violence, or disconnection. A return to wholeness.

Map of a fantasy world with terrain features and labeled regions including Naelia, Velmorr, Vireen, Caelira, LumasyL, Echohall, and Terrahaven.

“The first scream tore from my throat before I could think, raw and ragged. It scratched its way out like it had claws.

Like it had waited years to finally be voiced.”

A glowing purple crystal wrapped in brown cloth and tied with twine, set against a dark background.
A pair of worn, brown combat boots surrounded by swirling flames and smoke in red, blue, and green colors.
A medieval-style axe with a dark, textured stone blade. The handle is made of wood and wrapped with leather straps at the top.

⚠️ Trigger Warning & Content Advisory

Down to the Core is a deeply personal and emotionally immersive adult fantasy series that explores complex themes of growth, survival, and awakening based on a true story. Throughout Leit’s journey, this book contains mature content that may be triggering or emotionally challenging for some readers.

Content includes but is not limited to:

  • Sexual assault (non-graphic but emotionally impactful)

  • Family and generational violence

  • Workplace bullying and institutional mistreatment

  • Mental Health Struggles, Depression, Self Destruction

  • Scenes of physical violence, war, and hand-to-hand combat

  • Sexual content, including consensual intimacy and encounters involving more than one partner

These themes are not included for shock value—they are integral to the emotional and spiritual transformation of the protagonist, mirroring the very real and raw journeys many of us walk in silence. This story honors that silence, and gives it voice.

Reader discretion is advised.
If you are in a place where these themes may be harmful to your mental health, please prioritize your well-being and return to the story when it feels safe to do so.