Death’s Rising, Kit Clarkson

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Death’s Rising

by Kit Clarkson
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Beyond the walls of Altharese, Death waits.

The city survives under the promise of protection. According to the Remanstaines, the divine family who rule from their mountain church, the Hands keep Death’s creations at bay, the beasts that prowl the dark forests beyond the city limits. But faith begins to fracture when rumors spread of new creatures, more volatile and more dangerous than before.

Symon Esqueburn has long since turned his back on Altharese, choosing isolation over the ghosts of his past. A skilled hunter, he lives quietly in the woods until a sudden surge of mutations among the nearby beasts forces him to return to the city he fled. What he discovers suggests something far more unsettling than natural evolution, and far more personal.

Celene Waul is trapped behind a desk in Altharese’s vast archive, buried under records while her ambitions wither. When Symon reappears, she sees her chance. Aligning herself with his investigation could earn her influence, advancement, and the favor of the archive’s powerful benefactor, Igor Zenwill, a man of science whose fascination with the mutated beasts may not be entirely benign.

As secrets surface and allegiances shift, Death’s Rising unfolds as a tense dark fantasy mystery, where faith, science, and power collide. In a city built on half-truths, uncovering the origin of the beasts may prove far more dangerous than facing them.