Ashenfall: Death Count

In Ashenfall, dying once is normal. Dying twice is a mistake. Dying seven times erases who you were. The eighth time… something else stands up. No one sees their death count, but everyone feels it ticking higher. Monsters roam the world, born from people resurrected too many times. Kingdoms hunt them, harvest them, and pretend they were never human. Their bones become weapons. Their blood becomes magic. Their hearts keep cities alive. Nox is a Slayer—one of the few who can kill these creatures permanently. He is sent where armies fail. Paid by rulers who fear him. Hated by civilians who know he is closer to becoming a monster than the things he hunts. Each battle drags him nearer to the edge he was hired to stand on. When entire regions begin collapsing under waves of monsters, Nox discovers the truth: the resurrection system keeping Ashenfall alive is also destroying it. And the people in power know exactly what they are doing. To save the world, Nox may need to become the very thing it was built to kill. And this time, there may be no coming back.