Echoes in the Borderlands. The Echoes Cycle, #0

Echoes of the Borderlands follows Eve and her classmates after a tragic accident leaves them trapped in a world that feels almost real-but not quite. As they struggle to survive, train, and rebuild under the guidance of authority figures they barely trust, strange inconsistencies begin to surface. Time slips, memories blur, and the truth behind their reality starts to fracture. While bonds of friendship form and love grows in the midst of fear, Eve begins experiencing visions that suggest the world around them is a carefully constructed illusion.
As betrayals unfold and the line between life and death thins, the group is forced to confront not only the nature of the Borderlands, but the truths they have been avoiding within themselves. Dark, emotional, and haunting, this young adult psychological fantasy explores identity, trauma, and the cost of survival-asking one devastating question: What happens when you return from a place you were never meant to leave?