Richard Martin

At sixteen, Richard Nicola Martin wakes each morning knowing this life is not his first. Once, he lived an ordinary existence that ended far too soon. Now, he has been granted a second chance—reborn as the son of a world-renowned actress whose name dazzles across marquees and magazines, and a strange, distant father he has never truly met. Raised beneath studio lights and whispered rumors, Richard grows up caught between glamour and loneliness, fame and anonymity, always sensing that the world around him is only half the truth. On a quiet morning in the wee hours before dawn, everything changes. A letter arrives—unmarked, elegant, and unmistakably impossible. It is an invitation to Divine Academy, an institution that does not exist on any map, meant only for children touched by something far older and greater than celebrity or wealth. There, Richard learns that the world he thought he understood is merely a surface—beneath it lies a hidden order of beings, legacies, and powers woven into humanity since the beginning of time. Caught between two worlds—showbiz and secrecy, humanity and the divine—Richard must decide what it means to live fully when destiny refuses to remain silent. Love, ambition, and youth pull him forward, while ancient forces shape his path from the shadows. This time, Richard Nicola Martin intends not just to live again—but to live completely, even if the truth behind his rebirth changes everything he believes about life, death, and the gods who walk unseen among men.