Caged in a forgotten swamp, stripped of everything that made him powerful, Kealin faces one of the most dangerous battles of his life—and this time, the enemy is within.
The old man, known only to him as "Healer," speaks of cures that few survive. He claims he can purge both the Drowmar poison eating through Kealin's body and the vampirism that has defined him for years. But the process is excruciating, and most don't survive the stripping away of what they've become.
Kealin has no choice. Die in days from the poison, or risk the cure and discover what remains of himself beyond his afflictions.
But nothing about this situation is as it seems. Someone arranged for Kealin to be here—a mysterious "friend" who ties back to the West when it was under the Blackmoon and the vampire wars raged. The Healer speaks in riddles about what Kealin truly is "beneath all this sickness," as if the cure will reveal something even Kealin doesn't know about himself.
And in the shadows beyond the swamp, others are watching. Waiting to see if Kealin survives his transformation. Waiting to claim what emerges—or destroy it before it can threaten them again.
The path to his old life lies just ahead. But was it fate that brought him here, or an ancient malevolence that wishes to break him once and for all?
Genre: Fantasy
The old man, known only to him as "Healer," speaks of cures that few survive. He claims he can purge both the Drowmar poison eating through Kealin's body and the vampirism that has defined him for years. But the process is excruciating, and most don't survive the stripping away of what they've become.
Kealin has no choice. Die in days from the poison, or risk the cure and discover what remains of himself beyond his afflictions.
But nothing about this situation is as it seems. Someone arranged for Kealin to be here—a mysterious "friend" who ties back to the West when it was under the Blackmoon and the vampire wars raged. The Healer speaks in riddles about what Kealin truly is "beneath all this sickness," as if the cure will reveal something even Kealin doesn't know about himself.
And in the shadows beyond the swamp, others are watching. Waiting to see if Kealin survives his transformation. Waiting to claim what emerges—or destroy it before it can threaten them again.
The path to his old life lies just ahead. But was it fate that brought him here, or an ancient malevolence that wishes to break him once and for all?
Genre: Fantasy