Longer Than Shadows (AETHAL Book 2)

ONE ENEMY CHANGED THE RULES. NOW THE NIGHT IS CLOSING IN.

Eli Voss is still learning the true cost of seeing the dead. Only a few months after the accident that shattered his ordinary life and opened his eyes to the bleeding barrier, he’s already exhausted by the high-voltage panic of hunting small-town anomalies. He just wants a normal life. And with Nadia, he’s found a reason to believe in a future he’d stopped letting himself want.

But the anomalies are getting closer.

As winter settles over Collinsville, Eli is pushed past his limits and finds himself stuck invisible, trapped in the seam between worlds while trying to master his raw, unstable abilities. To survive the streets he used to know and learn what he’s truly becoming, he’ll have to rely on the tracking guidance of a helpful spirit and face down a relentless one fiercely defending its territory.

While Marcus works to stabilize their ghost-hunting tech, the pieces of a century-old plan are slowly coming to light. The original barrier collapse was just the beginning—and someone in town wants to drop the wall completely. From a quiet corner by his sister’s grave to a final, high-stakes showdown against the original entity that has haunted him since the first night, Eli is running out of time to stand between the living and the dead.

Some doors must be guarded.

AETHAL: Book Two continues the fast-paced, grounded supernatural drama, perfect for fans of high-stakes tension, cinematic pacing, and multi-season mystery universes.