Every child waits to find their true name on an island that shifts with the winds of time, where names fall from the sky like autumn leaves.

But Aya was the one girl who was never found.

In the Valley of Silence village, children are born nameless, names grow like fruit, and time unravels as one approaches the island's secret heart. When Aya's shadow rages and metallic butterflies fall from her family's ancestral tree, she is drawn to a forgotten forest where names are living things—and the world itself is a dream shaped by a sleeping god.

Haunted by the voice of her missing mother and pursued by creatures of mist and color, Aya must choose between destroying the past to free the future or planting something entirely new. What she discovers beneath the Well of Stars could unravel not only the enchanted village but the fabric of identity itself. A lyrical, mysterious tale of memory, choice, and the power of names. "The Garden of Forgotten Names" invites readers into a world where language comes alive, shadows guide them home, and endings are the seeds of new beginnings.