the mischief of the mist

-Emptiness—that’s what I feel every time I try to understand; nothing—that’s what I see when I try to remember. Oberon doesn't remember how he got there. His last memories fade into the autumn chill and a bear hunt that sealed his fate. When he opens his eyes, the freedom of the mountains has been replaced by a suffocating stone cell and absolute silence.  To survive in the darkness, Oberon must do the unthinkable: devour the insects that bite him and transform his own life into a tool of destruction through what he calls “Malice.”