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The Vitalist

She read her own palm. It said: thirty days.

The Vitalist
The Vitalist — cover

After The Vitalist

Three Endings. One Destiny.

Three women. Three paths. All beginning where The Vitalist ends. Exclusive on badstories.ai.

The Life Line Series

Six Palm Lines. Six Books. One Universe.

Each palm line holds a different kind of destiny. Each book is a woman who discovers hers.

I didn't write a book about palmistry. I wrote a book about what happens when a skeptic runs out of reasons to disbelieve.

— Adrian Berariu, on The Vitalist

Adrian Berariu

B.A.D. · Author · badstories.ai

Dark romantasy fiction for readers who want the story to stay with them long after the last page. The Life Line Series combines the pace of Dan Brown, the prose of Ursula K. Le Guin, and the hidden-symbol architecture of a mystery that begins in your own hand.

The thread is waiting

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New chapters, behind-the-scenes, and things that should probably stay secret.