The Crystalline Ascension

On the crystalline world of Xylos, memories aren't just remembered—they're etched into the very fabric of existence.  Blind since birth, Zyn Orakel navigates this echoing world through touch and sound, her fingertips translating the crystalline vibrations into maps of forgotten eras.  But when she discovers a hidden grove of luminous Light Trees and ingests their forbidden sap, her world explodes with color and a terrifying new dimension of reality.
Suddenly gifted with sight, Zyn sees not only Xylos but also the swirling, kaleidoscopic realm of the Infinite Perceptions, a dimension of pure consciousness locked in a silent, psychic war.  The rigid Architects of Order clash with the chaotic Weavers of Chaos, and Zyn, now a Mind-Seer burdened with visions of this unseen conflict, is caught in the crossfire.
Branded a heretic by the Geometric Conclave, the iron-fisted rulers of Xylos, Zyn is forced to flee.  Her unlikely allies are Elias Vance, a rogue mathematician haunted by visions mirroring her own, and Iris Blackwood, a reclusive dreamshaper who holds the key to Xylos’s crystalline language.  Hunted by the Conclave’s relentless enforcer, Mallory Chen, they embark on a desperate quest to uncover the truth behind Xylos's existence.
Their journey leads them through the Whispering Archives, canyons echoing with the ghosts of vanished civilizations, and across the Shifting Sands, a desert that preys on their deepest fears.  As Zyn delves deeper into the Infinite Perceptions, a devastating truth emerges: Xylos is not a world, but a fragmented memory, a shard of a dying universe.  And the war raging within the Infinite Perceptions threatens to shatter it completely.
Caught between the Architects who seek to freeze Xylos in time and the Weavers who crave its dissolution, Zyn must choose a side. But what if the true path lies not in order or chaos, but in the delicate balance between the two?  As the lines between reality and perception blur, Zyn must embrace her newfound power and confront her destiny, for she is not merely a witness to this cosmic war—she is its key.  The fate of Xylos, and perhaps even the universe, rests in her hands.