EverDarken

Leif is a coward, a thief, and a liar—which makes him the perfect vessel for a dying god. Executed for his crimes and resurrected as the Darkslayer, Leif now dies every morning so that the soldiers defending humanity's last city can rise again to fight. It's a second chance he doesn't deserve, in a role he never wanted, with power he can't control. For four hundred years, the city of Rahdan has survived in eternal night, protected by the DarkWall and the daily sacrifice of its god-vessel. Beyond the walls, the Amalgamations wait—writhing masses of darkness that hunger for the light. At least, that's what Leif has always been told. But when soldiers begin staying dead and the monsters grow bolder, Leif starts to suspect that everything he knows about the Everdark is a lie. The priesthood is hiding something. The monsters aren't behaving the way monsters should. And the power inside him feels less like a gift and more like a cage. To uncover the truth, the man who's spent his life running must finally stand still. To save the world, he may have to break it first. And to find the light, he must venture deeper into the dark than anyone has gone before.