When shadows are your birthright, even the light becomes a battlefield. When a ghost ship from Edo crashes against the cliffs of Wales, only one survivor is found—a child swathed in crimson silk. Raised as Viktor Bran, he grows up caught between two worlds, unaware of the dark legacy pulsing through his veins. Years later, Viktor runs a lonely inn on the icy edge of Hokkaido, content with anonymity—until the night an assassin stitched from corpses smashes through his door. Hunted by necromancers, ironclad golems, and horrors that refuse to stay dead, Viktor learns the truth: he is part of a forgotten bloodline of the Enenra, beings forged of shadow, smoke, and prophecy. As a death-god gathers his armies to plunge the world into eternal night, Viktor is thrust into a realm of ancient brotherhoods, forbidden magic, and beasts cursed by moonlight. Guided by a scarred warrior, he must master the darkness within before it consumes him. When the brotherhood’s sanctuary falls under siege, Viktor faces the ultimate choice: embrace the monster he fears … or watch the world burn. Aryan Agarwal’s debut is a work of vivid imagination and masterful world-building, weaving a dark, immersive tale where each twist deepens the intrigue, pulling readers through a richly layered narrative of magic, myth and identity.