by katlego molale
In a world ruled from the shadows by vampires and shaped by ancient pacts with ghouls and humans, noble blood has always been untouchable—until an entire vampire family is slaughtered overnight. The Reigate Massacre shatters the fragile balance of power. Fear spreads through noble courts, secret councils convene, and the aristocracy unleashes their most feared enforcer: Gaolan the Reaper, a torturer with a fractured mind and countless personalities. Far from noble lands, Gin, a human who wields no magic and possesses no bloodline of power, lives quietly with only his weapons and discipline. When rumours surface of killers who defy magic itself, Gin is drawn into a conflict far larger than he understands—one that involves hidden half-breeds, forbidden forests, and a vampire sovereign who has grown bored of a stagnant world. As ancient forces begin to move and monsters rise from legend, Gin discovers that survival without magic may be the most dangerous defiance of all. Because in a world where power is inherited through blood, the greatest threat is a man who relies on nothing but his will.
