Solar Vanguard

Caelum Rios used to be an ordinary man with an ordinary view of Helion City's sunrise. Then the light struck instead of crept - and left a star burning where his heart used to be.
Four months into learning what it means to carry that power in public, Caelum has a rescued city, a growing legend he never asked for, and a girl named Sena who trusts him to keep his promises. What he doesn't have is peace. Somewhere in the unmapped mountains, the Eclipse Order is still watching, still patient, still convinced that fear teaches lessons hope never could.
When a defector's confession leads Caelum's allies to a name from the past, he's given a choice that isn't really a choice at all: walk into the mountain alone, or lose everything he's spent four months building. What waits for him there isn't the villain the world expects - it's a mirror, a reckoning, and a truth about what a hero is allowed to become.
Solar Vanguard: Eclipse is a fast-moving novella about power, publicity, and the cost of being someone else's myth - perfect for readers of superhero fiction who want their heroes to bleed a little before they save the day.