Blood of Malakar

Nineteen battlemages refused the ritual. Zarok Soulrend volunteered. To save his sister from a terminal blight, Zarok drinks the living heart's blood of the dragon Malakar. The King watches from the shadows, hungry for the weapon Zarok will become. The transformation is a visceral nightmare that begins with a single, burning drop. As blue-black veins map his skin and his skeleton groans under the weight of new dimensions, Zarok realizes the true cost of his bargain.The crown wants a weapon to crush its enemies. The dragon's blood wants a vessel to reclaim the world. Zarok is caught in the middle, fighting to remember his own name as his mind dissolves into a landscape of hunger and ash. He must anchor his soul to the man he used to be, or the Kingdom of Zaravath will burn by his own hand. Read the forbidden journal of a soldier losing his soul.