Paths of the Veil

Greg Vale has never needed sleep. For years, he has lived in the quiet hours between midnight and dawn, moving through college life with a secret that makes him feel less human than everyone around him. Then one violent night tears his world open.When Greg steps into a fight he was never meant to survive, something inside him awakens. Strange symbols begin appearing in his mind. Hidden pathways pulse beneath his thoughts. Through meditation, discipline, and dangerous trial and error, he discovers an inner system of power that no one else seems to understand.But Greg is not alone.Others like him are waking up—some frightened, some hunted, and some already embracing the power inside them. As a ruthless faction recruits the unstable and the broken, Greg and his best friend Flo begin piecing together a truth buried for years: they may all be survivors of a secret experiment that changed their lives before they were old enough to remember.Now Greg must learn to control his growing abilities before they destroy him. Because in a hidden war of awakened powers, violent factions, and buried conspiracies, understanding power may be the only way to survive it.The Boy Who Never Slept is the first book in Paths of the Veil, a dark urban fantasy filled with hidden powers, mysterious symbols, dangerous awakenings, and a found family forged under pressure.