Some choices can't be undone, and the price of protecting both worlds may be higher than Alex is willing to pay.
Three months of uneasy peace shatter when people begin dying in ways that defy explanation—aging decades in minutes, their life force drained by mysterious elderly strangers. But when paranormal detective Alex Morgan seeks guidance from his mentor Caleb, he discovers something far more terrifying: Caleb has vanished without a trace, and his bookshop stands empty as if it never existed.
The investigation leads Alex into the hidden world of the Watchers—ancient beings who have observed humanity's supernatural encounters for millennia without interfering. But their sacred neutrality is fracturing. Some believe recent boundary crises demand intervention, while others will kill to preserve the old ways. Caleb broke their most fundamental oath by helping Alex, and now he's imprisoned in a realm between realities, awaiting judgment.
As rogue Watchers harvest human life energy to prepare for the return of their mysterious First Watcher, Alex uncovers a devastating truth: his paranormal abilities are slowly transforming him into something inhuman. The pendant that's been his guide and protection is accelerating the change, and soon he'll face an impossible choice—become a true Watcher and abandon his humanity, or lose his supernatural sight forever.
The fourth electrifying instalment in the Alex Morgan series, where detective noir meets cosmic horror in a battle for the very nature of reality.
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Three months of uneasy peace shatter when people begin dying in ways that defy explanation—aging decades in minutes, their life force drained by mysterious elderly strangers. But when paranormal detective Alex Morgan seeks guidance from his mentor Caleb, he discovers something far more terrifying: Caleb has vanished without a trace, and his bookshop stands empty as if it never existed.
The investigation leads Alex into the hidden world of the Watchers—ancient beings who have observed humanity's supernatural encounters for millennia without interfering. But their sacred neutrality is fracturing. Some believe recent boundary crises demand intervention, while others will kill to preserve the old ways. Caleb broke their most fundamental oath by helping Alex, and now he's imprisoned in a realm between realities, awaiting judgment.
As rogue Watchers harvest human life energy to prepare for the return of their mysterious First Watcher, Alex uncovers a devastating truth: his paranormal abilities are slowly transforming him into something inhuman. The pendant that's been his guide and protection is accelerating the change, and soon he'll face an impossible choice—become a true Watcher and abandon his humanity, or lose his supernatural sight forever.
The fourth electrifying instalment in the Alex Morgan series, where detective noir meets cosmic horror in a battle for the very nature of reality.
Genre: Urban Fantasy
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