by dieselkat
Panther was just a young man trying to survive — working dead end jobs, supporting his struggling mother, and holding onto the memory of the song she used to sing him as a child. It wasn’t much, but it was enough. Until the night a fire took everything.He wakes up in another world with no memory of how he got there, no money, no shelter, and no idea what he’s become. The hunger that gnaws at him is unlike anything he’s ever felt. The speed and strength coursing through his body is nothing like anything he’s ever known. And the world he’s woken up in — a world of humans, vampires, and things lurking in shadows — would sooner kill him than help him if they knew what he was.So he hides what he is. And he sings.What starts as desperation becomes destiny. Every coin dropped at his feet, every pair of eyes drawn to his voice, every person who stops to listen makes him stronger in ways he’s only beginning to understand. With the help of a human named Taylor who isn’t afraid of what he is, Panther begins his climb — from nameless street performer to something the world has never seen before.But survival was never his real goal.Somewhere in this world his mother might be alive. And he won’t stop — won’t rest, won’t quit, won’t let anything stand in his way — until he finds her or finds a way back home. His voice got him off the street. It will have to carry him much further than that.Because something in the shadows is already watching. And the world he’s stumbled into is far more dangerous than it appears.He came from ash. His voice will shake the world.Ash and Echoes: Reborn from the Flames
