Beneath the mountains of Malgaroy, something ancient is waking.
For over a century, the surviving kingdoms believed the worst had passed after the catastrophic breaking of the ancient seals beneath the world. The deep roads were abandoned. Entire holds vanished into darkness. Civilizations collapsed beneath famine, madness, and war. The old world survived by burying the truth.
But the mountain remembers.
When scholar-engineer Talan Vey uncovers a forbidden relic beneath the ruins of Eryndor, he awakens forces buried since the time of Torren Stoneveil and the first catastrophic Opening. Ancient transit systems begin moving beneath the earth. Entire tunnel networks rewrite themselves overnight. Cities built atop forgotten machinery start to change from within. And far below the roots of the world, the vast entity known only as the Hunger Engine begins to stir.
As political factions fracture across the mountain kingdoms, Talan is drawn into a terrifying conspiracy hidden beneath generations of lies. The deep kingdoms were never built above the Engine.
They were built into it.
Now ancient artifacts are reactivating. The dead roads are reopening. And the buried systems beneath civilization are beginning to consume the world once more.
Joined by desperate survivors, exiled scholars, ruthless guardians, and those who still remember the truth beneath the mountain, Talan must descend into the impossible depths below Malgaroy before the Engine fully awakens.
Because this time, it is not merely feeding.
It is learning.
THE HUNGER ENGINE is Book Two of THE AGE OF MALGAROY, a dark epic fantasy series filled with ancient underground kingdoms, colossal machine-cities, political collapse, eldritch mystery, and cinematic world-ending stakes. Perfect for fans of grimdark fantasy, subterranean horror, lost civilizations, and vast mythic worldbuilding.
Genre: Fantasy
For over a century, the surviving kingdoms believed the worst had passed after the catastrophic breaking of the ancient seals beneath the world. The deep roads were abandoned. Entire holds vanished into darkness. Civilizations collapsed beneath famine, madness, and war. The old world survived by burying the truth.
But the mountain remembers.
When scholar-engineer Talan Vey uncovers a forbidden relic beneath the ruins of Eryndor, he awakens forces buried since the time of Torren Stoneveil and the first catastrophic Opening. Ancient transit systems begin moving beneath the earth. Entire tunnel networks rewrite themselves overnight. Cities built atop forgotten machinery start to change from within. And far below the roots of the world, the vast entity known only as the Hunger Engine begins to stir.
As political factions fracture across the mountain kingdoms, Talan is drawn into a terrifying conspiracy hidden beneath generations of lies. The deep kingdoms were never built above the Engine.
They were built into it.
Now ancient artifacts are reactivating. The dead roads are reopening. And the buried systems beneath civilization are beginning to consume the world once more.
Joined by desperate survivors, exiled scholars, ruthless guardians, and those who still remember the truth beneath the mountain, Talan must descend into the impossible depths below Malgaroy before the Engine fully awakens.
Because this time, it is not merely feeding.
It is learning.
THE HUNGER ENGINE is Book Two of THE AGE OF MALGAROY, a dark epic fantasy series filled with ancient underground kingdoms, colossal machine-cities, political collapse, eldritch mystery, and cinematic world-ending stakes. Perfect for fans of grimdark fantasy, subterranean horror, lost civilizations, and vast mythic worldbuilding.
Genre: Fantasy