W.D. COLE
Book I · The Aetheric Series

The Aetheric Cloud

Not every door is meant to be opened.

On his thirteenth birthday, Paul feels something stir beneath the Louisiana bayou. The veil protecting his family’s home can no longer keep every secret hidden.

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The Aetheric Cloud book cover showing Paul and Sarah beside a willow in the bayou
The Story

A family’s secrets open onto other worlds.

An ancient book carries voices from generations before him. A stranger arrives with answers he does not fully trust. And the keys placed in Paul’s and his sister Sarah’s hands can open doors to worlds their family has only whispered about.

As danger closes in, Paul and Sarah must learn what their family has guarded—and decide whom to trust when the way forward leads beyond everything they know.

Engraving of a willow tree beside the bayou
Beyond the Veil

Louisiana and the worlds beyond

Illustrated map: the family property and willow in the Louisiana bayou, the Verdant Small, an aetheric sky route, a mirrored landscape with a church and soldier camp, and the coast with the Wayward Star
An illustrated guide to the journey in Book I.
The Aetheric Series

Five books. A world beyond home.

Beginning in a veiled Louisiana bayou, Paul and Sarah’s journey explores family, ancestry, belonging, and the worlds waiting beyond the familiar.

  1. BOOK IThe Aetheric CloudComing soon
  2. BOOK IIAetheriumComing soon
  3. BOOK IIIThe Aetheric TheoremComing soon
  4. BOOK IVThe Way BackComing soon
  5. BOOK VHomeComing soon
The Author

W.D. Cole

W.D. Cole writes fantasy about family, hidden histories, and the worlds waiting just beyond the familiar. The Aetheric Cloud begins a five-book series rooted in the Louisiana bayou, where two siblings discover that the secrets protecting their home may also open doors to something much larger.