August-Anew

Aslos • Book I

August Anew

Blind. Allergic to sunlight.
She expected science.
She found a new universe.

August Anew book cover by Bryan Kelly Pugh
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The Story

Erika “Reika” Ward has always lived in the shadows. Blind since birth, allergic to sunlight, and underestimated by almost everyone. When she joins a classified physics internship deep beneath the Texas desert, she expects cutting-edge science.

Instead, the Desertron Project’s artificial singularity tears a hole between worlds. Her body is lost… but her mind is pulled into Aslos — a realm where mana is real, dragons shape reality, and the ancient flows of creation still run strong.

August Anew is the story of a woman becoming more than human, more than memory — and the first step into an epic multiversal saga.

Why Readers Are Loving It

Powerful Heroine

A brilliant blind protagonist whose disability is woven into her strength and perspective — never a plot device.

Science + Myth

Hard physics and singularities collide with living mana, August Dragons, and the birth of gods.

Emotional Depth

Love, identity, found family, and the quiet courage of choosing who you will become.

“I was Erika.
I remember being her.
And now I am… I don’t know what I am.” — August Anew

Begin the Transformation

The first novel in the Aslos series is available now in Kindle & paperback.

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August Anew • Aslos Book I

Author: Bryan Kelly Pugh

Publisher: Laughing Moose LLC © 2021–2025

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