Mark Holloway

A debut coming-of-age fantasy in the tradition of The Poppy War, The Name of The Wind, Nevernight and The Shadow of What Was Lost. A healer forced to become a killer for an empire that would grind his country to dust. Kehlem, the sickly son of a widowed physician, has devoted his life to...

Kehlem the Butcher. Hero. Villain. A pale ghost that haunts the empire, or righteous revenant of Casere. Titles thrust upon him that he had no desire to bear, charged by the Aspect itself to end the Vin Empire. And yet, his true and only desire is to get to Mercy before the empire does, to...

Chaos is burning through the world. An unnatural mist rises each and every night, and lurking within the vapours, the dead are being reborn into monstrosities. At the centre of everything, Kehlem stands ready to protect those he holds closest, but with the Aspect changed forever, what hope is...