Three timelines. One sacred cave. A thousand years apart—and eternally entwined.
In 1012, royal Maya twins face a brutal path to power. In 2012, a restless American teen searches for meaning in the Belizean jungle. And in 3012, humanity clings to survival as two rival prophets vie to lead the post-climate collapse world into an uncertain future.
What binds them? The same cave. The same souls. The same question: what does it mean to be free?
Spanning continents, centuries, and belief systems, The Actual Star is a visionary epic of reincarnation, resistance, and radical interconnectedness. Monica Byrne weaves a genre-defying tale that explores how the forces that divide us—faith, power, love—may be the very ones that keep us whole.
