ETHMARK: Annals - Ruined Son [grimdark fantasy]

The day the soldier came, Ragnel lost everything. A deserter turned to dust in a soldier’s grasp.A village reduced to fire and silence.A father dead.A brother slaughtered.A mother executed before his eyes. The invader calls himself Kama — a near-immortal weapon of flesh, machine, and rot. His wounds heal. His touch decays. His purpose is singular: Find the artifact. Ragnel doesn’t know what the artifact is. He only knows one thing — the soldier believes his father did. When Ragnel takes up the last weapon in the armory — a massive Zwei Buster too heavy for his untrained hands — he stands no chance. He loses the fight. He loses his arm. He nearly loses his life. But he survives. And survival is enough. Now hunted, broken, and marked by the same war that forged his enemy, Ragnel must uncover the truth his father died protecting. What is the artifact? Why does Kama want it? And what kind of world creates soldiers who rot life itself with a touch? In a world where magic and machinery are indistinguishable, vengeance is only the beginning. Grimdark sci-fi fantasy.Cybernetic executioners. Costly magic. Relentless pursuit.A ruined son who refuses to stay buried.